Monthly Archives: February 2010
Publishing Conferences of Note
Making Information Pay 2010 Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010 Time: 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET Location: McGraw-Hill Auditorium, NYC URL: http://www.bisg.org/mip Publishing Business Conference and Expo Date: March 8–10, 2010 Location: Marriott Marquis Times Square, NYC URL: http://publishingbusiness.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=1af1c1c1-b104-4d22-9da1-3f27bb48a3e9 BISG & NISO … Continue reading
Healing Arts for Haiti
If you live in the New York City Area – I urge you to go to the Hyatt Regency Grand Ballroom at Grand Central Station on Friday Feb. 12th. Every dollar raised will be donated to UNICEF, directly helping rescue … Continue reading
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association asks Publishers to keep Reps in the Field
The Board of Directors of The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association has written an open letter to Publishers and asked them not to cut Reps
Publishers are cutting field reps because of dwindling sales with independent bookstores. However sales are likely to fall even further if you don’t have a person helping the buyer make sensible decisions for their store. It baffles me that publishers are cutting their sales staff now when a sale is even harder to come by. Continue reading
