Ann Patchett calls out Amazon
Author Ann Patchett had some choice words for book giant Amazon when she accepted an award at BookExpo America.
Patchett, who owns a bookstore in Nashville, won the Most Engaging Author award at the event and said in her acceptance speech, 鈥淪ometimes the little guy wins,鈥� followed by part of a speech from 鈥�Henry V鈥� by William Shakespeare.
鈥淲e band of brothers/ For he to-day that sheds his blood with me/ Shall be my brother,鈥� Patchett said. Later in the speech, it became clear which conflict she was addressing.
鈥淭here should be a place for all of us, but Amazon aggressively wants to kill us,鈥� Patchett said. Patchett opened Parnassus Books in her hometown of Nashville, Tenn., late last year after some larger bookstores closed and the city was left without a bricks-and-mortar bookseller.
BookExpo America is a publishing event held in New York City and ends today.
