DBW 2014: An Industry Transformed

The 5th annual Digital Book World conference opened with a look back over those five years and the vast changes in book publishing wrought by the transition to digital media. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ HuffPost | 2015-08-06 13:54:21 UTC ]
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Belt Publishing Celebrates the Industrial Midwest

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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