Tapping the Supply Chain Opportunity
With the advent of the Internet and the digital platform for browsing, searching and selling books, a host of new technologies have emerged to deal with content management, rights protection, content customization, e-book publishing and e-reading devices, standards and best practices, and the various proprietary and open platforms and their conversion needs.
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.