Book Business Magazine

As an intern here at NAPCO (the parent company of Book Business and Publishing Executive), I am constantly exposed to new, exciting things happening in the publishing industry. Two weeks ago, I wrote an article celebrating the kickoff of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). In that article, I challenged all you publishers to one month of literary abandon in which you (yes, you!) could become authors yourselves. I wanted to take a minute to check in on your progress, and to share my own NaNoWriMo experience with you. That’s right, you are currently reading the words of another first-time Wrimo.

It is true that there is no substitute for the real thing – but there are alternatives that can be less exhausting and more immediately rewarding – and entertaining. This thought came to me as I was reflecting on the September 13 Book Business on line Pub Expo.

Last night a friend told me a hilarious story about how she managed to purchase a copy of the paperback of this book at Barnes & Noble without her children noticing what she was buying (with an assist from a discreet cashier). This phenomenon of a book has been featured in numerous news stories, some of them in our publications, but my friend’s story was an amusing angle I had never before heard.

The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) announced today the preliminary program and speakers for Digital Book 2012 at BEA (idpf.org/db12). The conference, held in partnership with BookExpo America (BEA), will be held June 4-5, 2012, in New York City's Javits Center, and is expected to draw global leaders in the publishing industry, including technologists, marketers, retailers, solution providers, publishers, authors, and agents.

Featured speakers at Digital Book 2012 will include best-selling authors Seth Godin and Bella Andre, as well as publishing CEOs and senior executives including Jane Friedman (Open Road Media), Madeline McIntosh (Random House), Otis Chandler (Goodreads) and more.

We here at Book Business Magazine are conducting our annual Publishers' Outlook survey to determine—you guessed it—book publishers' outlooks for 2012. If you have already taken part in this survey—thank you! If not, please take just a couple of minutes out of your busy day to fill out the brief (we swear!) online Zoomerang questionnaire.

The Publishing Business Conference & Expo (PBC) has announced that it will be providing attendees who register for a full conference pass to the 2012 PBC by Dec. 1 with a Kindle Fire as a thank-you gift.

For the fourth year, Book Business and Publishing Executive magazines are seeking nominations for their prestigious Publishing Innovator of the Year awards. The nomination deadline is nigh!

Many along the East Coast suffered the wrath of Hurricane Irene. One of Book Business' resident bloggers, Michael Weinstein, unfortunately, was one of them.

We can all learn some valuable lessons about making the “transition to digital” from John Wiley & Sons, the $1.7 billion publisher of scientific, technical, medical (STMS), higher education, and professional trade books and journals.

... Wiley’s outgoing CEO, William Pesce and incoming CEO, Stephen Smith spoke yesterday in an excellent webinar hosted by Book Business Magazine’s editor-in-chief Noelle Skodzinski and sponsored by publishing technology vendor Aptara. I strongly encourage you to take some time to listen to Learn from Wiley’s Legacy and Leadership.

On Tuesday, May 3, Book Business will present a free webinar, "Learn From Wiley's Legacy and Leadership," sponsored by Aptara. The webinar will feature John Wiley & Son's outgoing President and CEO William J. Pesce as well as Wiley's incoming President and CEO Stephen M. Smith in an engaging discussion moderated by Book Business Editorial Director Noelle Skodzinski. The event will begin at 2 p.m. EST.