Are You the Weakest Link?
Nielsen Book Scan reports (www.TheBookStandard.com) and The Idea Logical Company (www.Idealog.com) Founder and CEO Mike Shatzkin’s Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) program are examples of initiatives that deal with this issue.
The Book Industry Study Group (www.BISG.org) is examining the issue this month at the Book Business Conference & Expo, and also at its third-annual Making Information Pay conference, May 10, in New York.
- Places:
- New York
- United States
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.