The BookExpo America 2010 Opening Plenary session, “The Value of the Book,” stemmed from an Op-Ed piece that appeared in The New York Times (January 2, 2010) by Jonathan Galassi, President of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, titled There’s More to Publishing Than Meets the Screen.
Mr. Galassi moderated the panel, which included Bob Miller, Group Publisher, Workman; Esther Newberg, Executive Vice President, International Creative Management (ICM); Skip Prichard, Chief Executive Officer, Ingram; David Shanks, Chief Executive Officer, Penguin Group (USA); Oren Teicher, Chief Executive Officer, American Booksellers Association (ABA); and Scott Turow, Author, Incoming President, Authors Guild.
