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Since Twitter's launch in 2006, an influx of moral panic has been circulating in the media in regards to digital publishing and how it's affecting readers attention spans...

There is a general insistence that, because of social networking sites like Twitter and digital publishing's instantaneous nature, the public are less-inclined to read a lengthy piece of text.

Living in a connected world is great, but sometimes we wonder if our digital addiction has gone too far...

You'll know you're a digital addict if you can relate to these 10 things:

We’re deep into the age of digital publishing. Do the needs of yesterday still stand today?

In 2012, a survey from the Pew Research Centre and The Economist found that 60% of Americans under the age of 40 preferred to read conventional print-like versions of newspapers and lifestyle magazines on their tablets rather than interactive ones.

Issuu recently launched "Clip", a feature that lets users grab snippets from any Issuu published magazine, add a comment and share the Clip via social networks. While some think this is making leaps and bounds for the company and their users, it made me consider the implications for digital publishing, ownership and free content.

On the one hand, you could argue that if features like Clip became popular and eventually rolled out to paid or membership publications, it could affect sales. Why would readers pay for a digital edition or a subscription when they can find the best bits on pinterest and twitter?

Independent publishing has never been an easy journey - without the support of editors, publishing companies and distributors it can be a tough route to go down. I’m not just talking about books, this concerns all publishing: newspapers, magazines, journals, supplements and membership publications included.