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Podcast: Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA)
Episode: Creating a future community of publishers and booksellers, with guest Melissa Serdinsky of Thin Air Collective
Description: How can indie publishers make it today? Is there room on bookstore shelves for their books? Industry veteran and big-picture thinker Melissa Serdinsky speculates on survival, community, and industry trends.
Topics include:
publishers vs. retailers
industry consolidation
the role of digital print in smart publishing
can bookstores change with the future, or will they be left behind?
narrowing the gap between indie booksellers and indie publishers
how can indie publishers survive today?
the surprising generation gap: how we think kids think of books is not how kids think of books at all!
how to get books...