Short Circuit by Poppy Gee

 

 
How do you think the publishing industry is adapting tothe "attention economy," and how do you feel about those shifts? Arebooks an antidote to shortening attention spans?

In the early 2000s I was the chief subeditor on Girlfriendmagazine, a magazine for girls aged 10-15 years old. In our editorial meetingswe used to discuss the ways that girls read the magazine. This was a hot topic,because the internet was fairly new, and phone ownership was becoming normal.(I got my first phone in 20...