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Is there a retail psychologist in the house?

By any sensible measurement, 59p is not a lot of money. What can you get for it? A tabloid newspaper, maybe, or a bar of chocolate? The right to 'spend a penny' in some modern shopping centre or...

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Measure for measure - it's time for proper e-book sales data

In the most recent Bookseller editorial, the point is made that if ebook sales are taken in to account, the book trade has turned a corner and is starting to enjoy a period of modest growth. Good news....

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All the e-books you can eat?

As I write this, I am listening to the newest album from The Gorillaz, which was released a mere couple of weeks ago – and I didn't pay a penny for it. Well, technically I paid something for it,...

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Anatomy of a design car-crash, or, why authors still need publishers

Much has been made of the ongoing ding-dong between publishers and agents over certain agents' decisions to publish their clients work directly in electronic form. In March, Sonia Land, agent for the...

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Is it time we made digital a dirty word?

The book publishing trade has passed the digital tipping point - no, the majority of trade publishing may not yet be electronic, but as an industry, thread more

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Upskill, upskill and play the game

There’s been a great deal of discussion recently about how well – or otherwise – the publishing trade is adapting to its digital future, embracing change, disrupting its own business models before...

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