The internet and self-publishing may be a dream for bloggers and creative types, but it’s a gosh-darn nightmare for publishing houses.
In a world where anyone with an internet connection can publish their stories/anecdotes/LOLCATZ to an international audience the afore mentioned publishers are struggling to find a purpose.
Chris Meade is the Director of if:book London, an institute investigating the future of the book, and when he spent some time at The Edge he was kind to chat with Kristy McMahon and Christopher Reig about the troubled waters the industry is facing and some of the future’s possibilities.