28 October 2019
About 10 years ago, as the anxiety and hype around digital publishing began to build, I had a lot of conversations about the future. Publishers looked up from the constant churn of new books and projects to examine the far horizon. Big, existential questions were raised and, at least in part, addressed.
It didn't feel absurd for publishing to question every aspect of what it did, how and why. It didn't seem strange to reimagine what it could do. Although this phase was often accompanied by bouts of unreasoning excitement and at times hysteria, these were fascinating and important discussions.
