Steve Wilson, CEO of FastPencil (online publishing platform), is speaking this weekend in New York on the Future of Publishing and Books. It should be an interesting discussion with a panel of individuals from Google, Wall Street Journal, Open Road Media and others involved in the future of publishing. The aim is to discuss the rise of new technologies and strategies ( like eBooks, eReaders, iPads, online publishing platforms, etc.) and their effects on the industry. If you are in NY, check it out!
I can't help but ponder what this future means for countries with little or no publishing industry. To give you some perspective, here is a a collection of papers on the
Book Chain in Anglophon Africa.pdf. I happened upon this paper while taking a look at the book market in Sierra Leone. Below is a picture of one of the friends I made while strolling the streets of Freetown. He sells books on Garrison street with a number of other book vendors. The books available on the street are photocopied versions of books (presumably from the library a block away) or discarded books from the library or NGOs. Outside of Freetown, these sorts of book markets don't exist.
I can't help but ponder what this future means for countries with little or no publishing industry. To give you some perspective, here is a a collection of papers on the
Book Chain in Anglophon Africa.pdf. I happened upon this paper while taking a look at the book market in Sierra Leone. Below is a picture of one of the friends I made while strolling the streets of Freetown. He sells books on Garrison street with a number of other book vendors. The books available on the street are photocopied versions of books (presumably from the library a block away) or discarded books from the library or NGOs. Outside of Freetown, these sorts of book markets don't exist.
A book stall in Freetown on Garrison Street
A pile of used books being sold on Garrison Street.
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