Newsletter - Happy Holidays. It's The End of 2020!

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View this email in your browser Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year from Information Media Partners Many of us will be glad to see the back of 2020. And while politics, personal freedom, racial inequality and public health issues have dominated our thoughts this year, the events of the past twelve months have also highlighted some critical business issues which will continue to play out in 2021 and beyond. For example, how will work and office life realign as offices reopen? Will transformation forced on businesses due to COVID continue to accelerate as customer interactions migrate online? And will the economy recover rapidly next year or meander as the COVID migraine lingers? At our firm we expect to continue to help clients address these strategic questions while also helping them to execute in more direct, tactical ways. During 2020, we counseled our clients to evaluate and experiment with new business models, make technology enhancements and improve employee relations, all of which will position these companies to emerge better prepared and stronger over the next few years. At Information Media Partners we are always happy to take a call (908 938 4889) or email to discuss your particular challenge. Check out the following business articles of interest: Few people will miss BookExpo now that Reed Elsevier has closed the BookExpo and BookCon conferences. BookExpo has been on deaths door for 10 years. A weekly magazine for media and publishing buffs Apparently the one thing which unifies Goodreads users is that they all agree that the user experience sucks.   Consulting: Profiles of some of our consulting work Publishing & Industry News Clips Publishing Perspectives: Richard Charkin: ‘Chasm’ Between Academic and Trade Publishing The Atlantic: The Bigger the Publishers, the Blander the Books Guardian: How Amazon Became a Pandemic Giant The Economist: A golden age for universities will come to an end Wiley posts 4Q results FT: The Little Bookshops that Could From McKinsey: What’s next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries Strategy+Business: Best Business Books for 2020 The Nation: The Radical Origins of Self Help Publishing See more at Flipboard Information Media Partners Consulting Where we have been spending our consulting time recently... We conducted a finance function re-engineering review and defined options for new software and process improvement A prominent association publisher asked us to help redefine their fulfillment and distribution options A large library association asked us to facilitate a series of meetings with a key retail partner You can review more of our project citations by following this link The coming year will be challenging and you may need help: Please get in touch to discuss a project and/or your long-term management needs.  (michael.cairns@infomediapartners.com) Recent reading list: Jonathan Alter. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life Scott Anderson. The Quiet Americans Adam Hochschild. Leopold's Ghost Blog Email Information Media Partners Twitter Copyright © 2020 Information Media Partners, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.