Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, has been named the most powerful person in the book industry in a Guardian list published today showcasing the most influential people of the moment.
亚马逊网站创始人及CEO杰夫·贝索斯被《卫报》选为当前影响英国人阅读的图书权力榜单第一名。

The founder of Amazon tops the Book Power 100 list with J.K Rowling following in second place. The Harry Potter author beat Larry page, CEO of Google, and James Daunt and Alexander Mamut of bookshop giant Waterstones to secure the second place and consequently is the top author placed in the list.
而紧随其后的则是哈利波特系列的作者J.K.罗琳，她是该榜单上排名最靠前的作家。接着是谷歌CEO拉里·佩吉、Waterstones连锁书店巨头詹姆斯·当特和亚历山大·马穆特。

Tim Hely Hutchinson, Group Chief Executive of Hachette UK, author James Patterson and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver also feature in the top ten of the most influential personalities in the industry.
英国Hachette出版集团英国公司首席执行官提姆·希利·哈钦森、作家詹姆斯·帕特森和著名烹饪作家杰米·奥利弗也在前十行列。

Authors Philip Pullman, Terry Pratchett and Salman Rushdie also make an appearance.
作家菲利普·普尔曼、特里·普拉切特和萨尔曼·拉什迪也榜上有名。

We have compiled the full list into a spreadsheet and categorised those featured by their most prominent role to show which types of job dominate the power list.
此榜单已被制作成一张表格，并标示出他们最重要的社会角色来展示主导权利榜单的职业有哪些。

The Many Eyes visualisation above casts an interesting glance at the publishing industry. Authors featured highest on the list taking 36 of the places, with publishing and broadcaster roles following close behind. In contrast only three poets and one politician made it onto the list.
这种多角度观察能让我们对出版业有个有趣的大致了解。作家在这个权力榜单上占据了36席，出版商和广播者紧随其后，与此形成鲜明对比的是，只有3位诗人和一位政治家出现在该榜单上。

Top 10:
榜单前十位分别是：

1. Jeff Bezos  Founder and CEO of Amazon
1 杰夫·贝佐斯，亚马逊网站创始人兼CEO

2. J.K. Rowling  Author
2 J.K.罗琳，《哈利·波特》系列作者

3. Larry Page  CEO of Google
3 拉里·佩吉，谷歌CEO

4. James Daunt / Alexander Mamut  MD, Waterstones / Proprietor, Waterstones
4 詹姆斯·当特和亚历山大·马穆特，英国连锁书店老板

5. Tim Hely Hutchinson  Group Chief Executive, Hachette, UK
5 提姆·希利·哈钦森，阿歇特出版集团英国公司首席执行官

6. James Patterson  Author
6 詹姆斯·帕特森，畅销书作家

7. Kate Swann  CEO, WH Smith
7 凯特·斯旺，英国W.H.Smith连锁书店CEO

8. Jamie Oliver  Chef, broadcaster and cookery writer
8 杰米·奥利弗，厨师、广播之声主持人、烹饪作家

9. Gail Rebuck  CEO, Random House
9 盖尔·雷布克，兰登书屋CEO

10. Tim Cook  CEO, Apple
10 蒂姆·库克，苹果CEO

P.S. 有趣的是这个榜单第100位是“You”（你），也就是大众，包括读者，购书者，写博客的人，评论家等等。