Macmillan ceo John Sargent told you all you need to know about the state of digital publishing and the evolution of the Digital Book World conference when he opened the show in New York on Tuesday by answering pre-submitted audience questions. “Why isn’t he speaking about digital?” Sargent said at the top. “Because you didn’t want me to,” with submitted questions addressing broader and cultural issues. In fact “we’ll see that business [digital] shrink this year,” Sargent noted, even as the market for reading continues to grow. Self publishing and Kindle Unlimited are “very big and growing” and general trade […]
