Call for Speakers for National Publishing Conference

The Book Business Conference and Expo is inviting applications from publishing executives to speak at the 2007 conference, to be held March 5-6, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. This prestigious event draws thousands of publishing industry executives from around the country and features sessions on publishing management; production, manufacturing and workflow; and sales, marketing and distribution.

Speakers at the 2006 conference hailed from many of the industry’s leading publishing organizations, including Merriam-Webster, Scholastic Education, HarperCollins, Thieme Medical Publishers, Oxford University Press, Houghton Mifflin, Knopf Publishing Group, Wiley, Simon & Schuster, Random House, and many more.

Publishing executives interested in speaking at the 2007 Book Business Conference and Expo can submit background information about themselves (including name, title, company, brief career history and contact information) and their areas of expertise by e-mail to Conference Program Manager Matt Steinmetz at msteinmetz@napco.com.

The conference organizers also invite those who are not interested in speaking to submit topics they would like to see covered at the 2007 conference.

For more information on the Book Business Conference and Expo, visit http://www.BookBusinessExpo.com ... but, be aware, say conference organizers, “Publisher discretion is advised.”