As the IPG's representative to Digital Book World 2016, I'm particularly interested in the role of independent publishers in the transformation and innovation of our industry.
Tom Bonnick
I was struck by Hachette UK group CEO Tim Hely Hutchinson's recent comments in The Bookseller, in which he said, "It is considerably easier for big publishers to invest and experiment in a wide variety of media."
It's certainly hard to disagree with this statement on the face of it. Most smaller independents could never compete with Hachette's combination of financial and human resources, corporate clout, and wide range of titles across practically every genre-along with a deep backlist. But when I look for innovation and experimentation in publishing, it's within the independent publisher community that I find some of the best examples.
