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“Scale” is a theme everybody in publishing needs to be thinking about, so we’ve made it the focus of our next Publishers Launch Conference

May 8, 2013 by Mike Shatzkin 7 Comments

The overarching theme of our upcoming Publishers Launch Conference at BookExpo America on May 29 is “scale”. I thank my PLC partner, Michael Cader, for urging that we label that as a core concern worthy of being the centerpiece for a day’s discussion. (With that nudge, I identified “scale”, along with “verticalization” and “atomization”, as […]

Filed Under: Atomization, Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Publishers Launch Conferences, Scale Tagged With: Abrams, Adam Silverman, Aerbook, Alison Uncles, Amazon, Andrea Fleck-Nisbet, Apple, Ben Evans, BookExpo America, Brian Defiore, Brian Napack, Carolyn Pittis, Chicago Tribune, Crown Illustrated, Dan Lubart, David Nussbaum, David Wilk, Defiore and Company, Dorling Kindersley, Doug Stambaugh, Enders Analysis, F+W Media, Facebook, Folio Literary Management, Frederator Books, Google, Hachette, HarperCollins, Inkling, Iobyte Solutions, Jeff Abraham, Jennifer Day, John Wiley, Joseph Craven, Ken Michaels, Lauren Shakely, Lindy Humphreys, Lorraine Shanley, Macmillan, Market Partners International, Mary Ann Naples, Michael Cader, Microsoft, Penguin, Pete McCarthy, Peter Balis, Providence Equity Partners, Quarto Group, Random House, Robert Gottlieb, Rodale, Ron Martinez, Scott Hoffman, Simon & Schuster, Steve Kobrin, Tim Greco, Toronto Star/Star Dispatches, Trident Media Group, Wharton Digital Press, Workman

Seven-and-a-half days of conference programming coming up during 4 days in January

December 13, 2012 by Jess 2 Comments

Blog posts have been scarcer for the past couple of months because I’ve been so engaged with a major responsibility: putting together what amounts to 7-1/2 days of conference programming that will be presented on four days next month in New York City. As most readers of this blog probably know, we’re responsible for the […]

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