Has the Book a Future?
Amid mergers, ebooks, and self-publishing, the book business is in the throes of upheaval. From the London Book Fair Peter Day asks: can books survive, and if so, how?
International publishing is in the throes of the biggest upheaval it has faced since the advent of the paperback in the 1930s. Giant publishers are merging to square up to new digital media giants. From the London Book Fair Peter Day asks a basic question: can books survive, and if so, how?
Producer: Kent DePinto
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Philip Jones
Editor, The Bookseller
Tom Weldon
Chief Executive, Penguin Random House UK
Jon Fine
Director of Author and Publisher Relations at Amazon.
Jonny Geller
Joint CEO, Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency
C. J. Daugherty
Author, The Night School series
Nigel Newton
Co-founder and Chief Executive, Bloomsbury Publishing
James Daunt
Managing Director, Waterstones
Dan Kieran
Co-founder and CEO, Unbound
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