How has the internet affected the publishing industry?

How has the internet affected the publishing industry?

Derek Johns (Managing Director - AP Watt Literary Agency) gives expert video advice on: What's the next 'big thing' in publishing?; Is it a good idea to post my writing online?; What do you predict for the publishing industry in the next couple of years? and more...

The affect of the internet at the moment is mainly retail. Amazon, the dominant internet book seller, has made it much easier to order books. Especially books that are hard to find that would not normally be stocked in book shops. In the longer term, we'll have to see whether the net actually influences the form of books, but it's too early to tell about that.