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Three words of wisdom: standards, rights, & data

October 1, 2012 by Mike Shatzkin 9 Comments

The Book Industry Study Group’s annual membership meeting on Friday concluded with a panel discussion among four industry executives who have leadership roles in the group. They are also four of the sharpest minds in publishing and they all had provocative things to say. Recollection of detail is not my strongest suit and I didn’t […]

Filed Under: Conferences, General Trade Publishing, Industry Events, Licensing and Rights, Supply-Chain Tagged With: AAP, Adobe, Amazon, Book Industry Study Group, BookStats, Dominique Raccah, Google, Hachette Book Group USA, Kaplan, Ken Michaels, Maureen McMahon, Readerlink Distribution Services, Sourcebooks, Tara Catogge, Tom Turvey

A brilliant Conference Council helps make a great Digital Book World

June 25, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 4 Comments

We had a very successful debut annual conference for Digital Book World last January, even though we didn’t conceive the idea until June, put together a group of helpers (which we now call our Conference Council) until July, or draft the initial program until August. This year we’re way ahead of that schedule. We’ve put […]

Filed Under: Authors, Community, Digital Book World, eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Industry Events, New Models, Publishing, Self-Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Adam Salamone, Association of Booksellers for Children, Baker & Taylor, BISG, Borders, Brian Napack, Cengage, Charlie Redmayne, Copyright Clearance Center, Cory Smith, David Blansfield, David Cully, David Nussbaum, Dominique Raccah, Evan Schnittman, F+W Media, Filedby, Frankfurt Book Fair, GiantChair, Google, Guy Gonzalez, Hachette, HarperCollins, Harvard Common Press, ICM, Ingram Content Companies, Jane Friedman, Joe Esposito, John Ingram, John Schline, John Wiley & Sons, Kaplan, Kate Rados, Ken Brooks, Kobo, Kristen McLean, Larry Norton, Lorraine Shanley, Macmillan, Madeline McIntosh, Maja Thomas, Marcus Leaver, Mark Gompertz, Market Partners International, Matt Mullin, Maureen McMahon, Michael Cader, Michael Cairns, Michael Tamblyn, Open Road, Overdrive Systems, Oxford University Press, Penguin, Persona Non Data, Peter Balis, Peter Clifton, Publishers Marketplace, Random House, Sara Domville, Scott Lubeck, Scott Waxman, Simon & Schuster, Simon Lipskar, Sloan Harris, Smashwords, Sourcebooks, Sterling Publishing, Steve Potash, Ted Hill, THA Consulting, Thomas Minkus, Tom Turvey, Tracey Armstrong, Waxman Agency, Writer's House

Making Information Pay 2010: Points of No Return

May 10, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 1 Comment

We have a program packed with information which we always strive for here at Making Information Pay. This conference, as usual, is about what’s changing in our publishing world right now and how we should address it. Before I walk us through this morning’s program, I want to give you two snapshots of the future, first as I see it and then as it was reflected in the answers you and others gave to the survey that tied into this year’s event.

Filed Under: Speeches Tagged With: Author Solutions, Barnes & Noble, Bertelsmann, Big Six, BISG, Bookmasters, Books-a-Million, Borders, Bowker, brick-and-mortar, disintermediation, eBooks, Facebook, Gilbane Group, Hachette, Harvard Common Press, Kaplan, Lulu, Macmillan, Making Information Pay, Open Road, Print-On-Demand, Publishing Technology, Random House, SBS Worldwide, Scribd, Smashwords, Sterling Commerce, Twitter, Wolters Kluwer

Points of No Return: Making Information Pay for 2010

April 26, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 5 Comments

This is the third year in a row that we’ve put together the Making Information Pay conference for the Book Industry Study Group, in conjunction with Ted Hill of THA Consulting. We’ve repeated the formula we’ve applied for the past two years, doing an industry survey on the conference theme to provide some additional insight. This year’s conference […]

Filed Under: eBooks, General Trade Publishing, Industry Events, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: Adam Salamone, BISG, Bowker, Bruce Shaw, David Guenette, George Lossius, Gilbane Group, Hachette, Harvard Common Press, Jabin White, John Konczal, Kaplan, Kelly Gallagher, Macmillan, Making Information Pay, Matt Baldacci, Maureen McMahon, Phil Madans, Publishing Technology, SBS Worldwide, Sterling Commerce, Steve Walker, Ted Hill, THA Consulting, Twitter, Wolters Kluwer

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