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Global Business: Has the Book a Future?

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19/04/2014

Has the Book a Future?

BBC World Service - Global Business, Has the Book a Future?

Can books survive? Peter Day looks for the answer at the London Book Fair.

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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