The London Book Fair is to hold a conference, 'The Great Transformation: 2012 Is Our Business Model Sustainable?' on April 17 at the LBF Conference Centre. The conference will discuss topics ranging from concept to consumer, etail to retail, warehouse to webstore, and global to granular. It will examine how the book industry can embrace change and build a sustainable business for the future, and how governments help or hinder progress in a digital age.
The keynote panel will be chaired by Tom Allen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Publishers, and a former Congressman. He will be joined by Richard Charkin Executive Director, Bloomsbury Publishing; Dan Kieran, CEO and co-founder of the crowd-funding publishing platform UNBOUND; Donald Katz, founder and CEO of Audible, Inc; George Lossius, CEO of Publishing Technology PLC; and Steven Miron, SVP, Wiley-Blackwell.
The London Book Fair claims to be the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Taking place every spring, it is projected as a unique opportunity to explore, understand and capitalise on the innovations shaping the publishing world of the future. The fair seeks to bring publishers direct access to customers, content and emerging markets. The 41st edition of the fair will take place from 16-18 April.
