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Has the Book a Future?

Amid mergers, ebooks, and self-publishing, the book business is in the throes of upheaval. From the London Book Fair Peter Day asks: can books survive, and if so, how?

International publishing is in the throes of the biggest upheaval it has faced since the advent of the paperback in the 1930s. Giant publishers are merging to square up to new digital media giants. From the London Book Fair Peter Day asks a basic question: can books survive, and if so, how?

Producer: Kent DePinto
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29 minutes

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Sun 20 Apr 2014 19:32GMT

Contributors to this programme

Philip Jones

Editor, The Bookseller

Tom Weldon

Chief Executive, Penguin Random House UK

Jon Fine

Director of Author and Publisher Relations at Amazon.

Jonny Geller

Joint CEO, Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency

C. J. Daugherty

Author, The Night School series

Nigel Newton

Co-founder and Chief Executive, Bloomsbury Publishing

James Daunt

Managing Director, Waterstones

Dan Kieran

Co-founder and CEO, Unbound

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  • Sat 19 Apr 2014 04:32GMT
  • Sun 20 Apr 2014 00:32GMT
  • Sun 20 Apr 2014 10:32GMT
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