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Getting an award and getting caught up with innovation with BISG

April 21, 2019 by Mike Shatzkin Leave a Comment

The Book Industry Study Group, or BISG, is a book publishing trade organization now headed by Brian O’Leary that was formed to be pan-industry. They were preceded by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the American Booksellers Association (ABA), but those were two “sides” of the book trade with their own interests, and they […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, Conferences, Digital Book World, General Trade Publishing, Industry Events, Licensing and Rights, New Models, Publishing History, Supply-Chain, Technology Tagged With: Alison Rich, Apple, Barnes & Noble, BISG, Book Industry Study Group, Booknet Canada, Bradley Metrock, Brian O'Leary, Carolyn Pittis, Christopher Kenneally, climatechangeresources.org, Copyright Clearance Center, Curtis Brown, Dominique Raccah, Eleanor Shatzkin, Ginger Clark, Google, Hachette, HarperCollins, Ingram, Jess Johns, Kindle, Lena Tabori, Leonard Shatzkin, Maja Thomas, Michael Tamblyn, MVB U.S. Michael Cader, Planned Production, PRH, PublishersLunch, Rakuten Kobo, ReaderLink, Sally Dedecker, Sandy Paul, Sourcebooks, Story Fit, Ted Hill, Wattpad, Welman Digital

An obituary last week reminded me of some family history we are proud of

December 29, 2015 by Mike Shatzkin 2 Comments

Normally what is written here is about publishing’s present with a look to its future. An obituary notice last week recalled some personal family history about publishing’s past and shed some light on how much has changed in the past six decades. It’s publishing history from a highly personal point of view, but it seems […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, General Trade Publishing, Publishing History Tagged With: Amistad Press, Charles F. Harris, Doubleday, Ed Simmons, Eleanor Shatzkin, HarperCollins, Howard University Press, Karen Shatzkin, Leonard Shatzkin, Nance Shatzkin, Urban League

Nothing happens over 4th of July weekend, except this year

July 4, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 26 Comments

Monday, July 4, was supposed to be a quiet day in the publishing business. It turns out it wasn’t. Three developments reported as special holiday bulletins by Publishers Lunch have strategic implications worth pondering that will have trade publishing people all over the world conferring with their friends and colleagues as soon as they shake […]

Filed Under: Direct response, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Global, New Models, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Amazon.com, Angus & Robertson, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Christopher Little Agency, Don Engel, Eleanor Shatzkin, F+W Media, Interweave, J.K. Rowling, McGraw-Hill, Microsoft, Mobi, MS Reader, Neil Blair, O'Reilly, Palm, Pearson, Penguin, Publishers Lunch, REDGroup, The Book Depository, Wiley

Ruth Cavin, great editor and world’s nicest person, gone at 92

January 10, 2011 by Mike Shatzkin 58 Comments

The title of “nicest person on the planet” is now open. The longtime incumbent, Ruth Cavin — also a veteran book editor who was known to many as the doyenne of mysteries — died early Sunday morning at the age of 92. She was still holding down a full time position as an editor with […]

Filed Under: Authors, Autobiographical, General Trade Publishing, Publishing History Tagged With: "Dinners for Beginners", "Trolleys", A.J. Shively, Al Silverman, Bram Cavin, Carnegie Tartan, Carnegie Tech, David Sobel, Dolphin Books, Doubleday, Eleanor Oshry, Eleanor Shatzkin, Emily Cavin, Harper, Joan Kahn, Leonard Shatzkin, Nora Cavin, Norman Thomas, Philip Turner, Ruth Brodie, Ruth Cavin, Sally Richardson, St. Martin's Press, Thomas Dunne Books, Tom McCormack, Tony Cavin, Two Continents, Walker and Company, World Publishing, YPSLs

Len Shatzkin and the breaking of a publishing color line

April 2, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 8 Comments

There was a lot of lore in our family but one of my favorite bits of it was my father’s great pride at having hired the first two black office workers at Doubleday in the 1950s. This was particularly cheeky for the guy who was the only Jew in top management ranks. The way I […]

Filed Under: Autobiographical, Publishing History Tagged With: Advise and Consent, Branch Rickey, Charles Harris, Ed Simmons, Eleanor Shatzkin, Jackie Robinson, John Sargent, Karen Shatzkin, Leonard Shatzkin, Nance Shatzkin, Nelson Doubleday, Ray Rivera, The Urban League

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