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Monday, June 14, 2010

RLG (OCLC) Symposium Chicago 2010

A presentation to at the RLG (OCLC) Symposium "The Books have left the Building". In this presentation is a short summary of the state of the US publishing industry and a summary of research conducted for OCLC that addressed publisher's perceptions of their eBook future.

The speakers notes are included on each slide for those who want to download the presentation.

RLG (OCLC) Symposium Chicago 2010

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1 comments:

Michael Roberts said...: I found this presentation very interesting to watch. Job well done.; 9:02 AM

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Michael Cairns

I am Chief Revenue Officer at SharedBook, an innovative new education company located in New York. I have been an Adviser to SharedBook since early 2010. In early 2011 we launched AcademicPub.com a publishing platform that allows faculty and educators to create custom course materials for their classes and students.

Previously I was Managing Partner of Information Media Partners, my own business strategy consulting practice focused on helping publishing and information companies invest in their future through content management, product development and/or mergers and acquisitions. My career spans a wide range of publishing and information products, services and B2B categories and my operating and consulting experience has largely been with brand-name publishing companies such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Macmillan, Inc., Berlitz International, R.R. Bowker and Wolters Kluwer.

I have served as a board member of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and in addition to my responsibilities at R.R. Bowker, l also served as Chairman of the International ISBN Executive Committee.