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EBooks: Publishers Embrace World Of Digital
- BBC , Friday, May 11, 2012 3 AM
Next week some of the biggest names in publishing will gather at the Hilton in London's Park Lane for The Bookseller Industry Awards. This year sees the introduction of a new category -- the Digital Strategy Award -- which recognises how the introduction of new technology is opening up the market. It comes at a time when UK sales of consumer ebooks leapt by 366% in 2011 helping to offset a decline in the demand for printed books.
