Industry review outlet Foreword Reviews is launching Library Insights Summit (LIS), a day-long event for librarians and publishers. It will take place right before the annual American Library Association conference on June 23, 2023, at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event offers publishers the opportunity to hear directly from librarian innovators so that they might collaborate better. Sari Feldman, past president of the American Library Association, will be one of the keynote speakers, as will Candlewick author Kate DiCamillo. Programming will include sessions on how publishers can work better with librarian distributors, best practices for pitching books to libraries, maneuvering through the banned-book thicket, understanding diversity using the same lens as a librarian when it comes to collection development, and more. Discounts are available for members of IBPA, PIC, PubWest, and ALA. Read more.
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
