Moderator: John Mutter
Join this year’s industry panel in their discussion of the book business from the independent bookseller’s perspective.
Panelists:
Mitchell Kaplan:
Mitchell Kaplan is a legend in the book industry. He is the founder of Books & Books, one of the country’s leading independent bookstores, as well as a co-founder of Miami Book Fair International, now the largest book event in the United States, and serves as the Chairperson of its Board of Directors. .
Chris Kerr:
Chris Kerr is a 37-year book-publishing veteran who has held sales and marketing management positions with Oxford University Press, Blackwell Publishing, Little, Brown & Company/Time-Warner, Houghton Mifflin, and Walden Books. In 1997, he founded Parson Weems, a freelance sales company promoting trade and scholarly presses to Northeast bookstores. He is married to Shelley Reinhardt.
Lissa Muscatine:
Lissa Muscatine is co-owner of Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C. Before acquiring the store with her husband, Bradley Graham, in June 2011, she had spent her professional career in journalism, politics, and government. She most recently served in the Obama Administration as Director of Speechwriting and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State. .
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