Publishers more content with digital transition than authors

Publishers are more content about how the book business is weathering the digital transition than authors, early results of the FutureBook Digital Census have found. The Digital Census, the annual tracker of the book business’ digital evolution, was launched two weeks ago and so far more than 400 respondents have completed the survey. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]

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