Publishing Business Conference: 'Exhilarating and Reassuring'

Tuesday's keynote event was an executive roundtable—featuring Workman Publishing Group Publisher Bob Miller, Ingram Content Group Chief Content Officer Phil Ollila, LJK Literary Management Founder/Agent Larry Kirshbaum, McGraw-Hill Professional President Philip Ruppel, and Scholastic Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development Jeffrey Mathews—which explored how shifts in the marketplace are impacting the entire supply chain—from distributors to publishers to authors and agents, and more. Tuesday also was rounded out by a half-day mobile strategy summit—which explored issues and solutions in mobile publishing, from the mobile Web to apps, from pricing to logistics and workflow, to business models, return on investment and more—and the annual Digital Book Printing Forum, presented by INTERQUEST.