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In Business: Has the book a future?

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Has the book a future?

17/04/2014

BBC Radio 4 - In Business, Has the book a future?

Can books survive, and if so, how? Peter Day looks for the answer at the London Book Fair.

Amidst 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?

Orange Shortlisted Kamila Shamsie discusses her latest novel A God in Every Stone
International publishing is in the throes of an upheaval it has not faced since the advent of the paperback in the 1930s. Giant publishers are merging to get even bigger in order 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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