Philip Gwyn Jones

Publisher concerns over whether the e-book agency model can survive globally in the wake of the US Department of Justice lawsuit and widespread frustration at the delay of the Nook device launching in the UK were the two main topics of conversation in the halls of the this week. Yet publishers also noted a busier fair, and many said that Chinas Market Focus would be a springboard to open up the country to Western publishers. Many heaped praise on Macmillan and Penguin, the two Big Six US publishers who are still fighting the DoJ suit. Zeus founder Anthony Cheetham