Build Books Better: BISG's Upcoming Members Meeting
Build Books Better: BISG's Upcoming Members Meeting
March 2022
Delving Into the Book Business
Members & Non-Members Welcome to Attend
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) will be gathering on Friday, April 22, at the Harvard Club in New York City with Michael Pietsch, CEO of the Hachette Book Group, providing the opening keynote. The program promises to provide both updates on the work of BISG as well as insights into some of the challenges currently faced by the publishing industry. Actively engaged in the business, speakers are expected to draw attention to on-going BISG efforts with regard to rights, supply chain concerns, and shifts to publishing workflows, areas key to helping the book industry improve operations and succeed in the current competitive environment. Other program segments address diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the information community and the work of future-proofing workflows amidst technological innovation.
Featured speakers at the event include:
Peter Berkery, AUPresses
Ken Brooks, Treadwell Media Group
Tyler Carey, Westchester Publisher Services
Rachel Comerford, Macmillan Learning
Allison Hill, American Booksellers Association
Shelley Husband, Association of American Publishers (AAP)
Kris Kliemann, Kliemann & Company
Mary McAveney, Open Road Integrated Media
Kathleen Reid, Elsevier
Patricia Stockland, Kind World Publishing
Josh Tallent, Firebrand Technologies
Registration is open to all, offering options for both on-site as well as virtual participation. Full event details are available at the BISG web site.