We have provided links below to a number of speeches that Mike Shatzkin of The Idea Logical Co., Inc. and Len Shatzkin, a highly respected publishing executive for several decades, have presented at various venues including the American Booksellers Association and Vista Computer Services' Publishing in the 21st Century Conferences.
2008
Where the Web Is Taking Us: The Inevitable Future and the Publisher's Role In It
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented in Los Angeles to PMA's "Graduate School"
May 29, 2008
The Future of Books for Publishers and Booksellers
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented in Copenhagen to the Danish Book Trade
May 7, 2008
The Digital State of Play in the US
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered at the London Book Fair as part of a report to the UK publishing community on the state of digital change in the US
April 16, 2008
Keynote remarks: Publishing in the Digital Age
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented at the Book Business Conference and Expo
March 10, 2008
End of General Trade Publishing Houses (Completely Retold)
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented to Random House's "Digital Day"
January 22, 2008
15 Trends To Watch In 2008
by Mike Shatzkin
Publisher's Weekly
January 07, 2008
2007
Publishing and Digital Change: The Implications for the Book Business in Australia
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented to "Publishing the Story of the Future," a conference sponsored by Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, in Sydney
July 17, 2007
End of General Trade Publishing Houses
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented to Book Expo America 2007, in New York City
May 31, 2007
Success in a Parallel Universe: Perhaps with Some Help from Your DAD
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented to the Book Industry Study Group's "Making Information Pay" conference
May 10, 2007
2006
Analysis of the BISG Used Book Study
by Mike Shatzkin
Not a speech, but a report analyzing the study of the used book marketplace published by the Book Industry Study Group
March 23, 2006
Publishing and Digital Change: What's Next?
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented to the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia annual retreat at Qualicum Beach, British Columbia on February 11, 2006
2005
Making Printing Decisions: Metrics & Mechanics
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented to the 28th Annual Supply Chain Specialists meeting at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 18th, 2005
The Future of Distribution
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented to the Stanford Professional Publishing program on July 20, 2005
Sensible Metrics
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented to the Humber College "The New Face of Publishing" conference on April 15, 2005
Keynote Address
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented to the Humber College "The New Face of Publishing" conference on April 14, 2005
2004
Under the Radar: There? more to supply chain management than influencing reprint decisions and allocating existing inventory
by Mike Shatzkin
Printed in Publishing News Frankfurt Show Daily on October 9, 2004
Account-specific sales and inventory data analysis
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair on October 5, 2004
Supply Chain Data and Canada? Opportunity
by Mike Shatzkin
Presented at BookExpo Canada under the auspices of BookNet Canada in Toronto on June 11, 2004
Actionable Analysis of Account-Specific Data
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered to the Book Industry Study Group "Making Information Pay" conference in New York on February 4, 2004
2003
Adult Trade Publishing: Mixtures of growth and decline
by Mike Shatzkin
July 24, 2003
Published by the Book Industry Study Group in their book "Book Industry Trends 2003"
Supply Chain Impact of Internet Bookselling: Speech to ePubLondon Conference
by Mike Shatzkin
March 14, 2003
2002
Remarks at the Seybold Conference in New York
by Mike Shatzkin
February 21, 2002
2001
Facing up to the Big Questions
by Mike Shatzkin
From The Bookseller, edition of 10 August 2001
Toward a More Fragmented Future
Publishing's Era of Consolidation Nears an End
by Mike Shatzkin
Published by the Book Industry Study Group in their book "Book Industry Trends 2001"
Consumer Publishing Today: A Model Under Threat?
by Mike Shatzkin
From the book "Publishing 2001: Attitude to Technological Change", sponsored by VISTA Computer Services, Inc. and published by BPI Communications, Inc.
2000
A Vision of Publishing's Future
by Mike Shatzkin
Published by PublishersLunch.com on August 10, 2000
Crossing the Chasm
Getting from the Physical Here to the Digital There
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered to the VISTA "Blinded By the E-Light" conference in New York on June 15, 2000
Getting to 2010
The Implications of Change
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered to "The Book Trade in 2010" conference in London on March 22, 2000
Dismantling the publishing industry!
by Mike Shatzkin
Appeared as a print article in the "Publishing News London Book Fair Daily" on March 19, 2000
1999
Sales and Marketing in the Digital Age
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered November 18, 1999 at the VISTA "Information in Action" Conference, London
Book Distribution Between Now and 2005
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered October 12, 1999 at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Summary Address to the First Meeting of the New Technology Interest Group
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered September 16, 1999 to the Book Industry Study Group, New York
Databases and Networks
The Core Competencies of 21st Century Publishing
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered June 9, 1999 at the VISTA/Publishers Weekly "Information in Action" Conference, New York
Publishing & Bookselling: From Now to 2005
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered April 29, 1999 at the Book Expo America Convention Panel, Los Angeles
Territorial Rights
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered April 13, 1999 at the Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Conference, Amsterdam
1998
Fixing Broken Meters and Gauges
New Business Indicators for Publishers
by Mike Shatzkin
November 1998
Vendor-Managed Inventory
by Mike Shatzkin
Delivered October 6th, 1998 at the 20th International Distribution and Supply Chain Specialists' Meeting, Frankfurt Book Fair.
1997
Restoring Health to the Book Trade
Vendor-Managed Inventory for Books
by Mike Shatzkin
November 1997
Taming the Inventory Tiger
by Mike Shatzkin
June 1997
Staying Competitive in a Wired World
by Mike Shatzkin
UK Booksellers Association, April 1997
Books as Bytes
by Mike Shatzkin
Spanish Book Publishers, February 1997
1996
Selling Books on the Internet
by Mike Shatzkin
Vista, November 1996
Surprise!
by Mike Shatzkin
Vista in NYC, June 1996. (London in June 1996: Surprise!)
1995
Some Aspects of the Retailing of Books
by Len Shatzkin
1996 ABA
Turnover vs. Discount Calculation
by Len Shatzkin