What I’m not sure [of] is that people are realising this… They try to romanticise the past and live in a very romantic present. We are living in a turning point where technology can really make a difference for culture, for art, for a lot of things.

what next for eBooks? Can Amazon/Apple/Whoever save publishers from the fate of the music companies?

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