‘Online platforms are not going to go away. Who knows what the next big place to become an online celebrity will be, but this is certainly not a flash in the pan. How wonderful that this new generation, who have honed their skills via YouTube and social media still crave the legitimacy offered to them by appearing in print; that they are so democratic in their tastes. And how wonderful to have thousands of teenagers queuing to have books signed. Let’s ensure that the bookshops they are queuing at are as appealing as possible to those teens, so that they come back again and become book lovers.’
Ebury Publishing MD Rebecca Smart, The Bookseller