At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’: Nielsen’s Andre Breedt on Edible Books and Competition

He has book-eating children and sees more change ahead for international publishing. Nielsen Book's Andre Breedt briefs Frankfurt Buchmesse's 'The Markets' The post At Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’: Nielsen’s Andre Breedt on Edible Books and Competition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Some good news for the book business

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Media Decoder Blog: Survey Shows Growing Strength of E-Books

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E-books Are Booming, and Still Sort of Small

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Guardian Books to publish Secret Footballer

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