Firstly, thank you to everyone who voted in my little e-book versus p-book survey! The reason I set up this poll was that I wanted to know how many of you read paper copes and how many have embraced the new digital form of reading. When I first posted the survey, it became immediately clear … [Read more...]
Please vote!
There's only 7 hours left to vote in my little poll (see right margin) on how you people read your fiction.The publishing industry is going through major changes due to the digital age. One factor, which will determine the direction of the book world more than any, is in what form consumers are … [Read more...]
A Sunday rant on the digital future for books
Occasionally people will come into England's Lane Books full of awe that a new book shop has opened. 'You're brave,' they say ominously.I just smile because I've heard it so many times before, 'Surely all novels are going to be read on something like a Kindle or iPad soon and the printed matter … [Read more...]
Digital – the new garlic bread?
It's an old joke, 'Garlic bread - it's the future.'At the London Book Fair I sat through two seminars on the future of publishing. First one was a prediction for 2020 (=digital) and the second a discussion on what's free in the new digital age and where the money is going to be made. Everyone agreed … [Read more...]
