The gist of it is that books or magazines with words don't sell nearly so well as magazines with pictures of Britney Spears on the cover.
Stephen King is the editor of "The Best American Short Stories 2007” and says, based on his in-depth review of what's available this year - that there are still great short stories and encourages people to support writers by buying magazines and books.
Here's a link to best short story collections from Amazon.
