Unlike the fear of ebooks that seems to be overtaking publishers, and is almost palpable at conferences such as the recent Tools of Change, Penguin boss John Makinson has no fear of their arrival. This is important because Penguin is the world’s second largest English publishing house.
In an interview in the Mail Online, Makinson says that: “The transition from physical to digital is a momentous moment for the industry …. The decisions that we take now on behalf of authors will determine the future of publishing.” He feels that Apple’s move into digital books will “introduce a large new audience to the reading of electronic books.”
