Company transformation is a major theme at this year’s Digital Book World conference. By “transformation” we mean substantial changes in a company’s business model or core competencies or revenue streams. We found eight worthy companies to speak on this subject. Six of them — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Ingram, Quarto, Rodale, Sourcebooks, and Wiley — are […]
Pete McCarthy shows how audience research can be done quickly and efficiently
I keep learning about “marketing today” from Peter McCarthy. There are two first principles about descriptive copy (a part of what is referred to as “metadata”, but a tricky part because, unlike trim size or price, it isn’t always obviously “right” or “wrong”) that all publishers need to take on board and adjust their workflows […]