The Idea Logical Company, Inc.
240 East 56th Street Suite 4E
NYC 10022
212/758-5670 Fax: 758-4934
E-mail:
Mike@Idealog.com

 

Speeches

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.

Remarks at the Seybold Conference in New York, Feb 21, 2002
by Mike Shatzkin

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.

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

Sales and Marketing in the Digital Age
Delivered November 18, 1999 by Mike Shatzkin at the VISTA "Information in Action" Conference, London

Book Distribution Between Now and 2005
Delivered October 12, 1999 by Mike Shatzkin at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Summary Address to the First Meeting of the New Technology Interest Group
Delivered September 16, 1999 by Mike Shatzkin to the Book Industry Study Group, New York

Databases and Networks: The Core Competencies of 21st Century Publishing
Delivered June 9, 1999 by Mike Shatzkin at the VISTA/Publishers Weekly "Information in Action" Conference, New York

Publishing & Bookselling: From Now to 2005
Delivered April 29, 1999 by Mike Shatzkin at the Book Expo America Convention Panel, Los Angeles

Territorial Rights
Delivered April 13, 1999 by Mike Shatzkin at the Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Conference, Amsterdam

Fixing Broken Meters and Gauges: New Business Indicators for Publishers
by Mike Shatzkin, November 1998

Vendor-Managed Inventory
Delivered October 6th, 1998 by Mike Shatzkin at the 20th International Distribution and Supply Chain Specialists' Meeting, Frankfurt Book Fair.

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

Selling Books on the Internet
by Mike Shatzkin, Vista, October 1996

Surprise!
by Mike Shatzkin, Vista in NYC, June 1996.
(London in June 1996: Surprise!)

Some Aspects of the Retailing of Books
by Len Shatzkin, 1996 ABA

Turnover vs. Discount Calculation
by Len Shatzkin

Mike Shatzkin's Speech at the 1995 ABA Convention

Len Shatzkin's Speech at the 1995 ABA Convention

Forward-thinking
by Mike Shatzkin, Vista in London, June 1995
(revised version in September 1995.)

 

The Idea Logical Company, Inc.
240 East 56th Street Suite 4E, NYC 10022
212/758-5670 Fax: 758-4934
E-mail:
Mike@Idealog.com