Jones is Editor of The Bookseller, London's medium of record for the UK industry and until recently, my own berth as Associate Editor of The FutureBook.
Albanese is Senior Writer and Features Editor for Publishers WeeklyInternational news website of book publishing and bookselling including business news, reviews, bestseller lists, commentaries http://www.publishersweekly.com/, heading that US-based outlet's international coverage and logging as many miles as any of us on the world events stage in publishing.
What I wanted to know in arranging this panel for the Apex Room in the National Gallery at Olympia London on the 14th was what these two keen observers might see as the shared and differentiating points between the two lead markets, the US and UK, but also - as is unavoidable - what issues might be discerned that will be or already are impacting other publishing markets around the world.