NAIBA 2014: Taking on Amazon

The keynote address, a conversation between Franklin Foer and Andrew Keen, looked at how the mega-retailer has changed the dynamics by turing "the citizen" into "the consumer," and trying to position booksellers as "dinosaurs." Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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