“Amazon is the Reader’s Friend” debate tonight

Is book publishing an oligopoly, a dinosaur in need of disruption? Is Amazon, which accounts for 41% of all new book and 67% of all e-book sales, a monopoly? Who is doing right by readers and the future of books? I agreed to post the livestream here so our friends and readers can hear different sides of the debate. Read more about it Intelligence Squared. My articles: “Amazon update: when will the justice department step in?” and “How Amazon.com is hurting readers, authors, and publishers.”<br />

AGAINST	FOR
Franklin Foer, Former Editor, The New Republic	Joe Konrath, Author & Self-Publishing Pioneer
Scott Turow, Attorney & Author	Matthew Yglesias, Executive Editor, Vox

MODERATOR
John Donvan, Author & Correspondent for ABC News

I just wish there was a female voice in this male line-up!

About the Author: Karen Christensen

Karen Christensen is an entrepreneur, environmentalist, and writer. She is the owner and CEO of Berkshire Publishing Group, a research associate of the Fairbank Center at Harvard, a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and founder of the Train Campaign. She was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Press, Her Substack newsletter, The Way We Live Now, has over 12,000 subscribers: www.karenchristensen.substack.com.