The Book Futurists: Andrew Malkin, Zinio from Movable Type Literary Group on Vimeo.

GalleyCat, eBookNewser and the Movable Type Literary Group have teamed up to bring you The Book Futurists –a new video series featuring interviews with ten people from across publishing who are leading the digital revolution.

Over the next twelve weeks, we’ll introduce you to people across the digital publishing industry who are at the cutting edge digital book publishing. From design and marketing to editorial and journalism, these folks are turning the wheels of the eBook revolution.

In the first video, Jason Allen Ashlock, Principal at Movable Type Literary Group, interviews Andrew Malkin, VP of book content at Zinio. Malkin addresses Zinio’s eBook content distribution platform, the future of eBooks and the potential of hiring from outside of the publishing industry.