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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Gini and Joe return from their vacation and discuss books, the publishing industry and how the way we read might differ entirely next summer.

0:26 Martin opens the show.

1:10 Martin apologizes that they missed last week’s episode.

1:41 Martin shares a comment from Danny Starr about ghost blogging.

2:47 Gini introduces this week’s topic: will social media change traditional book publishing? The topic was inspired by Seth Godin’s decision to abandon traditional book publishing.

3:52 Gini wonders if traditional book publishing is dying, needs to evolve or if Seth Godin can get away with it due to all his best sellers?

5:40 Martin thinks traditional book publishing needs to be shook up.

10:15 Joe says that due to links in digital content, we’ve stop reading in a linear fashion.

15:00 Martin points out that textbooks that are republished with updates year after year would benefit from an electronic format.

19:35 Martin closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.