Showbiz Sandbox 656: Yes, People Still Buy Books

04/30/24 • 66 min

Two recent opinion pieces stirred up some heated debate in the book publishing business. One insists no one buys books anymore. The other says the proliferation of book roundup lists is a bunch of nonsense. One is very wrong, even when it’s right. The other is right, but for the wrong reasons. Michael is our [...]

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