In books, what looks like death is really progress

Ed here: Steve Pearlstein almost always finds an interesting angle on publishing news. Here's a excerpt from his column today:


Steve Pearlstein from The Washington Post 3 Feb 2010

Last weekend, a noisy little melodrama in the book publishing world involving Amazon.com and Macmillan provided a wonderful case study of the radical transformation taking place all across the economy as a result of the digital revolution.

In books, what looks like death is really progress.

Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 11:00am ...