My comments yesterday on the demise of BBC Jam have stirred up a hornets' nest of firmly-held opinions and a bit of rancour too. I suppose that's the point of a debate and the point of feedback. This blog is particularly pertinent. A couple of additional points about the issue.

Macmillan is described by one commenter as a 'profit-chasing shareholder-saddled commercial monster'. This is rubbish, not least because we do not publish for the UK education market and therefore have no profit to chase by the elimination of BBC Jam from the market. And we are not a public company and therefore not shareholder-saddled. Sorry to disappoint some prejudices.

Second, one of the commenters rightly points out that UK publishers have benefitted from ELCs (electronic learning credits) funded by the Government. I would argue strongly that stimulation of a market place by encouraging new entrants is very different from funding a producer to achieve a potential monopolistic position in that market place.

This debate will run and run. The important thing to my mind is that publishers grasp this opportunity to invest more in developing and marketing excellent educational resources for schoolchildren. I am sure they will.

One of the best independent bookseller sites is Crow on the Hill. They have asked me to mention Shaggy Blog Stories which I am assured is very funny. It's great that it is supporting Comic Relief but the bit that impressed me the most is that they produced the book in seven days from start to finish. And not a bad cover either.

Finally for the warehouse lovers among my readers here's the latest picture of the Mexican warehouse as it develops. The racking might well be displayed as contemporary sculpture at Tate Modern.