So I'd hardly say I'm someone who draws controversy (I normally hide from it beneath the couch, armed with a jar of peanut butter) but apparently at an off-the-main drag session on the future of book publishing at SXSW, I did just that.

Keep scrolling. Two weeks in and the discussion's still tearing up the digital airwaves.

The "calmer, reasoned perspective" my very nice friend Kassia speaks of  is contained within this week's Huffington Post column.

Your thoughts welcome. I've been saying for years now we need to do something about this creaky, self-destructive attitude we have towards the book business and its dim future. Fair warning then. I'm planning on keeping this discussion alive as long as it takes to get the 21st century publishing industry we deserve.

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[xian]

I'm in, and I think it may involve the unbook concept.