On the Media, a radio show/podcast I listen to, just did an episode about the book industry. On the Media is an hour long NPR show made up of smaller stories. For this episode, all the stories are book related.
Give it a listen:
On the Media - Bookish
Here's the episode description:
Quote:
In October, a court ruled in favor of the Department of Justice and blocked the merging of two publishing giants: Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. On this week's On the Media, hear what readers will lose if conglomerates further monopolize the market.
Plus, it turns out readers do not want to curl up with a good ebook.- Alexandra Alter, reporter at the New York Times, on how the booming publishing industry is wrestling with supply chain nightmares and more to meet reader demand.
- Katy Waldman, writer at The New Yorker, explains what's at stake in the DOJ v. Penguin Random House case. Listen.
- Margot Boyer-Dry, freelance culture writer, on why book covers are looking more and more similar, blobs and all. Listen.
- John B. Thompson, Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, on how Amazon changed the book market for good, and why the appeal of the print book persists.
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It's funny. They talk about how ebooks have not taken over, but most of the first story shows the advantages to everyone (except people wanting to impress others) of ebooks.