2011 Annual Meeting of Members
Tuesday, September 20, 20119:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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Agenda
BISG's 2011 Annual Meeting of Members explored ways in which the industry is coming together to create opportunities for, and remove barriers to, book buying and consumption. New technologies and new business models are creating innovative opportunities for reaching consumers. The rush to embrace these technologies, however, has created a marketplace that seems, at times, both overwhelming and fractured.
BISG's 2011 Annual Meeting of Members highlighted initiatives that are making sense of systems, data and processes to help all stakeholders better connect books -- be they physical or digital -- to consumers.
Welcome and Introductions | |
 Len Vlahos Executive Director, BISG | Welcome and Introduction DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Included approval of minutes from the 2010 Annual Meeting of Members and election of Class 1 Board of Directors. |
Presentations -- PART 1 | |
 Dominique Raccah President & CEO, Sourcebooks, Inc. Chair, BISG Board of Directors | BISG Year in Review: 2010-2011DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION For everyone involved in the U.S. book industry, the past 12 months have been a whirlwind of new opportunities and partnerships. Amidst all the spinning, however, BISG maintained stable footing in the areas where the application of research, standards and best practices could both help drive down the cost of doing business, and remove barriers to book buying. During this presentation, BISG Board Chair, Dominique Raccah, President & CEO of Sourcebooks, reviewed some highlights. |
Len Vlahos Executive Director, BISG | Supporting an Industry in TransformationDOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Len Vlahos officially began as BISG's new Executive Director on September 12, 2011. (download press release) During this presentation, his first membership address, Len outlined his strategy for leveraging BISG's unique position in the book industry to create more informed, empowered and efficient member companies. Along the way, he focused on specific projects he believes will grow BISG's portfolio and expand its reach. |
 Madeline McIntosh President of Sales, Operations & Digital, Random House | Introducing World Book NightBISG Annual Meeting Keynote AddressThe underlying mission of virtually every BISG member is to connect authors with readers. In support of making this connection, publishers, retailers, librarians and other industry stakeholders are banding together to create the largest promotion of books and reading in recent history. Following on the success of World Book Night U.K., and working in partnership with the organizers of that event, an unprecedented grouping of companies are creating World Book Night U.S., to take place on April 23, 2012. As a key contributor to the project, Madeline McIntosh, President of Sales, Operations and Digital at Random House, provided details and explained how interested parties could participate. |
Coffee Break | |
| Coffee Break | |
Presentations -- PART 2 | |
 Angela Bole Deputy Executive Director, BISG | Second-Half Welcoming RemarksDOWNLOAD PRESENTATION Included the BISG Treasurer's Report |
 Kelly Gallagher Vice President of Publishing Services, RR Bowker | The Size and Shape of U.S. PublishingIndustry Sales Rose 3.1% in 2010DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION BookStats, one of the most comprehensive statistical survey of the modern U.S. publishing industry -- capturing its size, scope, revenue and rapid strategic expansion across multiplatform content and sales distribution channels -- was released in August 2011. Spanning 2008-2010, BookStats offers data and analysis of the total industry and the individual Trade, K-12 School, Higher Education, Professional and Scholarly markets. Produced jointly by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), its highlights include:
During this presentation, Kelly Gallagher, a key member of the BookStats management team, provided a brief look into how BookStats was developed and what trends were discovered. |
 Brett Sandusky Director of Product Innovation, Kaplan Publishing  Jeff Olson Vice President of Research, Kaplan Test Prep | The Usability of EPUB 3.0Status Report from Kaplan's EPUB3 Pilot ProgramDOWNLOAD PRESENTATION In July 2011, BISG and IDPF partnered on the creation of a BISG-supported EPUB3 Pilot Working Group. Working Group members with specific levels of expertise were tapped to consult on a new pilot project from Kaplan Publishing involving EPUB3. The pilot project objectives are:
During this presentation, Brett Sandusky, Director of Product Innovation at Kaplan Publishing, and Jeff Olson, Vice President of Research at Kaplan Test Prep, provided an update on pilot program progress to date. |
 Phil Madans Director, Publishing Standards & Practices, Hachette Book Group | The Identification of Digital ContentDOWNLOAD PRESENTATION In the spring of 2010, BISG's Identification Committee created a Working Group to research and gather data around the practice of assigning identifiers to digital content throughout the US supply chain. The specific mandate of the Working Group was to gather a true picture of how the US book supply chain was handling ISBN assignments, and then formulate best practice recommendations based on this pragmatic, research-based understanding. Following several months of research and meetings, Phil Madans, Chair of BISG's Identification of E-Books Working Group, debuted highlights from a forthcoming BISG Policy Statement to be titled Best Practice Recommendations for Identifying Digital Content. |
 Emily WilliamsDigital Content Producer, Publishers Marketplace  Ginger Clark Literary Agent, Curtis Brown, Ltd. | An Update on RightsDOWNLOAD PRESENTATION The digital transformation of the publishing industry has created the need for more efficient management of intellectual property rights, and for a common language in which to conduct rights transactions. The all-too-common transmission of rights information in the form of non-standard documents and the resulting costly human data entry and error needs addressing. In addition, there are developing business opportunities in digital licensing that would benefit from a system-to-system form of communication for transacting rights at scale. To address these issues, BISG's Rights Committee is developing a Controlled Rights Vocabulary to provide a standardized way for the industry to express rights transactions, and developing standardized messaging to facilitate the system-to-system communication of rights information. During this session, Emily Williams of Publishers Marketplace and Ginger Clark of the Curtis Brown Agency described BISG's current rights initiatives and what they could mean for the industry. |
 Steve Paxhia President, Beacon Hill Strategic Solutions | Latest E-Book Consumer and College Student Buying TrendsDOWNLOAD PRESENTATION The past fiscal year was an exciting time for research at BISG. In addition to publishing the second volume of Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading, BISG also launched an all new report entitled Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education. Geoffrey Moore's business classic Crossing the Chasm defines five categories of consumers who drive the adoption of disruptive technologies: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards. Moore suggests that the most difficult step is making the transition between the visionary early adopters and the more pragmatic early majority. During this presentation, Steve Paxhia of Beacon Hill Strategic Solutions described data indicating that the chasm between early adopters and early majority has been crossed with respect to digital reading devices and textbooks. Along the way, he examined both student and general consumer e-book buying behaviors and preferences. |
Closing Remarks | |
Len Vlahos Executive Director, BISG | Closing Remarks |
Members Luncheon | |
Sponsor
Bert Davis Executive Search and Consulting Services is proud to be a sponsor and member of the BISG.This is a critical time in publishing and media, and we are proud of our track record in helping our publishing partners transition their content into digital and multimedia formats, as well as guiding them in the selection of executives who can navigate in this challenging economic environment.
Hotel Accommodations
The Yale Club of New York
50 Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Ph: 212-716-2100
W New York
541 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Ph: 212-755-1200
New York Helmsley Hotel
212 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017-5857
Ph: 212-490-8900
Location & More Information
The Yale Club of New York
Grand Ballroom
50 Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY 10017
For details email: Angela Bole
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