Hope and glory

I have spent much of the past six months thinking through how digital impacts this business, as part of the process of programming The Bookseller’s publishing conference FutureBook 2015 (the show preview is here, if you wish to check out the results). Digital land is a strange, often bewildering, sometimes exhilarating, occasionally frustrating, and intermittently quixotic environment. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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B&N moves fuel UK Nook hopes

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Marvel Hopes to Give Comic Books a Boost With Augmented Reality Content

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Movie Projector: 'The Lorax' hopes to plant a seed with audiences

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WBD hopes to double token take-up

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Openmargin Hopes to Be More Than Social E-Reading

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Hope does a double for Headline

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