In his opening keynote at CONTEC Mexico, Hugo Setzer has encouraged publishers to join the SDG Publishers Compact and work together. The post CONTEC Mexico: ‘Is the Publishing Industry Sustainable?’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-07-05 19:17:56 UTC ]
A renowned Ukrainian author and president of PEN Ukraine, Kurkov will be in conversation with 'PW' international editor Edward Nawotka for the U.S. Book Show's opening keynote. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
James Daunt will give the opening keynote at FutureBook Live 2019, The Bookseller’s annual publishing conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 00:54:13 UTC ]
Sheel Shah, VP of Strategic Partnerships & Consumer Products at Hearst Magazines, will kick off the 2019 FUSE Media Summit with an opening keynote. We connected with Shah for a quick Q&A to hear more about his role at Hearst and how he sees technology impacting the media landscape. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2019-08-21 19:07:07 UTC ]
Reynolds earned a standing ovation for an intensely personal keynote that touched on family, religion, his closest friends and relationships, the power of narrative, and the central, “sacred” role libraries play in people’s lives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
“We live in this amazing age where incredible things are possible, but people are routinely quite disappointed,” said Tom Goodwin, head of innovation for Zenith Media, in his opening keynote at the London Book Fair’s Quantum pre-conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Yates, the former U.S. Attorney General, urged librarians to stand up for truth in these unprecedented—and exhausting—political times. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The premier educational conference of the American Booksellers Association, which is being held this week in Memphis, got a dose of star power when actress and producer Sarah Jessica Parker gave the conference's opening keynote on Tuesday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wylie offered a strong defense of diversity in literature, and of the importance of international voices in a world that appears to be “broadly reassembling" along nationalist lines. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sree Sreenivasan and Kinsey Wilson, two titans of digital media, are revolutionizing New York City and the ‘New York Times’ for the digital age Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
For many at Winter Institute, Roxane Gay’s opening keynote, which called on booksellers to step up their role in providing sanctuary, set the tone for one of the most political and energizing bookseller gatherings in recent memory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the opening keynote of Winter Institute, 'Bad Feminist' author Roxane Gay gave an impassioned speech that made ample use of the F-bomb, which called on booksellers to make their stores inclusive spaces that provide sanctuary for all. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
In his opening keynote at the 2017 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, W. Kamau Bell made a plea to librarians: don’t let Trump’s vision of America become the new normal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
From the opening keynote with Zadie Smith to the closing lunch with Douglas Preston, the energy at the 43rd annual NEIBA fall conference never failed. In part booksellers were buoyed by a strong year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The opening keynote of BookExpo America suggests the top concerns facing the US book market in 2013 remain much the same: ebooks, self-publishing, and how to win readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]