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Apple's iPad And The Evolution Of Books

Posted at 7:26AM Monday 08 Feb 2010

We can argue about speed and direction but there's not much doubt that the world of books is undergoing its most profound structural shift since Gutenberg.

How will we book publishers respond to this opportunity? With anxious enthusiasm is the honest answer. New channels of supply have always created new markets for the work that we publish.

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Penguin CEO, John Makinson, in The Wall Street Journal




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