Book Buying In The Digital Age




WAMU-FM: WAMU: The Kojo Nnamdi Show Podcast show

Summary: <p>BOOK BUYING IN THE DIGITAL AGE: As the publishing industry migrates to e-books and the number of brick-and-mortar bookstores continues to shrink, many readers are turning to social networks and online retailers for reading recommendations. But can these digital tools ever really replicate the serendipity of stumbling across a new author in a book store? We explore how technology is changing the way we discover new authors. (52 min.)</p>