Hot Button Issues for English-Language Publishers in 2014 - Publishing Perspectives

Faber's International and Digital Sales Director Miles Poynton is surprised - and concerned - that the German market has contracted for the first time in ten years, and wonders whether the growth in tablets, with their other attractions, isn't to blame. "Its odd because [Germany] has always been quite resilient, and there is a degree of protection. Europe as a whole hasn't been consistent - it has been rather flat. Spain and Greece are both difficult because of economic instability.