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Alexander Manshel, Laura B. McGrath, and J. D. Porter discuss the economics and aesthetics of audiobooks....

The first conference gathering of the International Alliance of Independent Publishers since 2014 was a sequence of targeted discussions.

John B. Thompson: On Researching Changes in the Book Publishing Industry John B. Thompson, author of the new book Book Wars, shares the research that went into his account of how the digital revolution changed publishing for readers and writers. Author: In his new book, Book Wars, John B. Thompson documents the whirlwind changes of the book publishing industry in recent decades, from the advent of Amazon to the boom of self-publishing. He shares about his experiences researching the book in this author profile. Name: John B. Thompson Publisher: Polity Genre/category: Nonfiction Elevator pitc...

John B. Thompson’s new title ‘Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing’ gets a look from Richard Charkin. Image – iStockphoto: Pere Rubi By Richard Charkin | @RCharkin ‘Every Skirmish, Every Battle’ As those who know me will attest, I am not a huge book reader–or indeed a reader of huge books, although I have published quite a few giants. I tend to concentrate on reading the books I’m lucky enough to publish and re-reading my favorite fiction authors, normally when on holiday. Richard Charkin What’s really exceptional, given my attention deficit disorder–most acute...