There's a thorough and interesting analysis in this morning's Financial Times of the future of publishing in a world of electronic books and Apple iPads.

Maybe I'm a deluded optimist but I think the technology will be great for reading. It has been great for music after all – not for record companies, and an uncertain impact for individual artists depending on their previous position in the food chain (sorry, supply chain). But more music is getting to more people and there seems to have been a supernova of creative activity. It seems to me a good time to be a creator of content.