Publishing and Books in 10 years
February 3rd, 2010 admin
It’s worth wondering where Publishing might be in 10 years. For this post we’re limiting ourselves to books – reading and publishing books. Publishing and Books in 10 years Will there be more readers? This might be the biggest judge of whether eReaders and eBooks are a good thing. Will there be more people reading books or less? Will these people be reading more books per person? There’s an important category of readers – those who aren’t able to find the time to read though they would love to. eReaders and eBooks are reaching a lot of these people and …
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