Sermon on the Page Count

The New York Times Book Review is the bible, but you wouldn't know it. On any given Sunday, New York's most intellectual denizens clutch the publishing industry's holy text and systematically choose their next subway fashion statement. Sam Tanenhaus may or may not have brought the Bestseller List from Sinai, but he certainly leads his chosen people to the Holy Land. And Barnes and Noble couldn't be happier. Amen.