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Examining the relationship between start-ups and publishers

November 12, 2013 by Mike Shatzkin 12 Comments

We are in another high-funding era for digital start-ups. The book business has always looked ripe for disruption, but never any more so than now. With bookstore shelf space shrinking, ebooks growing in very uneven ways across the types of books that are published, and everything about technology getting cheaper, everything is up for grabs. […]

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