Annual book industry conference will focus on how leading companies are responding to fading markets and emerging opportunities

New York, NY (February 25, 2009) -- The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) today announced that the sixth annual Making Information Pay Conference will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium in New York City. This year's conference will focus on shifting sales channels and will be preceded with an online survey that's available now at BISG MIP 2009 Survey.

The landscape for book publishing is changing rapidly; trading conditions have never been tougher and many traditional sales channels are shrinking or disappearing completely. New sales channels and business models are emerging and many publishers are experimenting and reorganizing to capitalize on them.

Making Information Pay 2009 will feature a lineup of book industry leaders sharing their insights into how they are responding to fading markets and emerging opportunities, and will provide practical advice on how companies are dealing with the far-reaching changes impacting the book business. Speakers and a full agenda will be announced at a later date.

All employees at publishers large and small are invited to participate in a nationwide survey to provide their experiences and opinions about the changing sales channels in our industry today. Survey questions cover a range of topics: which of today's sales channels are trending up or down; what new channels are emerging that look particularly strong or promising; and how are publishers responding to the changes they see around them.

Making Information Pay has become one of the leading events in the book industry's calendar and is attended every year by hundreds of senior professionals eager to hear about new developments in our industry and about practical steps to benefit from them.

This year's program is being organized in collaboration with The Idea Logical Company, and sponsored with the generous support of several known innovators in the book industry, including Copyright Clearance Center, Ingram Book Group, Klopotek and R.R. Bowker.

Media Contact:
Michael Healy
Executive Director
Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
646-336-7141
michael@bisg.org
# # #
About Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) is the U.S. book industry's leading trade association for policy, standards and research. The mission of BISG is to create a more informed, empowered, and efficient book industry supply chain. Membership consists of publishers, manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, librarians, and others engaged in the business of print and electronic media. For 30 years, BISG has provided a forum for all industry professionals to come together and efficiently address issues and concerns to advance the book community.

Learn more about BISG at www.bisg.org.

# # # #