In the June Distribution Issue:
Bookview 06/07
Distribution Evolution
Distributor Profiles 2007
International Bestsellers: Eastern Europe
Our Long & Winding (and Costly!) Supply Chain
Publicity Contact Sheet 2007
Who's Scouting Whom 2007
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Publishing Trends June Distribution Issue 2007
IN THIS ISSUE (VOL.XIV, NUMBER VI):
Distribution Evolution
Once Again, Distributors Reshuffle the Deck
Ever shifting, the distribution terrain felt a few sizeable rumbles this year, not to mention the major quake of the AMS bankruptcy that sent PGW flying to Perseus after a tussle with NBN, resulting in Perseus’ coopting of the indie publisher distribution biz. As the dust settles, smaller distributors are poised to grab the “trickle down” of clients and staff that didn’t make it through, says Davida Breier of Biblio, whose sister company NBN is “going after those clients more aggressively than we are.”. . .
Distributor Profiles 2007
Our Long & Winding (and Costly!) Supply Chain
Six-hundred year-old businesses are not rolling stones. Moss gathers. And in book publishing, no stone has thicker moss than the one representing the complex pathway that every single book follows as it moves from printer and manufacturer to ultimate consumer. (And, unfortunately, sometimes back again.). . .
International Bestsellers: Eastern Europe
When Lithuania, Poland, and the Czech Republic broke free of totalitarian rule in the late 80’s and early 90’s, poetic manifestoes blossomed and independent publishers proliferated. Hundreds of small presses published almost 25 million books after Lithuanian Independence in 1991, up from a fraction of that put out by the six state-owned publishers previously. A calmer political climate. . .
(To view the International Bestselling Fiction chart, download the full issue here)
June Bookview
Susan Reich is re-joining PGW where she had worked as VP Marketing from 1990 to 1995, in the role of President. Most recently she served as the President and COO of Avalon Publishing Group, one of PGW‘s clients. She reports to David Steinberger. Reporting directly to Reich are . . .
PT's Publicity Contact Sheet 2007
Who's Scouting Whom 2007
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