Panel to Examine the State of the Book Buying Consumer  

-- Publishers Weekly, 5/28/2009 7:31:00 AM

A panel discussion examining who buys what books and where they buy them is set for Friday, May 29 at 2:30 in room 1D05 at the Javits Center. The presentation will draw on material developed by Bowker’s PubTrack Consumer book survey and featured in the upcoming 2008 Book Consumer Demographics & Buying Behaviors Annual Report, which is being co-Published by Bowker PubTrack and PW. The session will also examine the growing appetite for print on demand and e-books. The panelists are Kelly Gallagher, v-.p publisher services, Bowker; Jim Milliot, senior editor, PW; and David Taylor, president, Lightning Source.