2024 API Program Highlights
Keynote: The View from Inside Publishing Today
Sanyu Dillon
President, Random House Publishing Group
Penguin Random House
Sanyu Dillon, President, Random House Publishing Group, Penguin Random House, presents a top-level perspective of the publishing marketplace, the challenges ahead, and where opportunities lie for savvy book publishers.
Reimagining the Retail Landscape
James Daunt
Chief Executive Officer
Barnes & Noble
James Daunt, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, outlines a blueprint for booksellers to “go local,” giving each store owner a unique vision and buying power. The result? A turnaround in sales and new bonds with customers.
The Publisher as Entrepreneur: Case Studies in Innovation
Andrea Colvin, Editorial Director of Little, Brown Ink, Hachette Book Group, convinced a Big Five publisher to start a graphic novel imprint; she explains the approach and the steps to success of her imprint.
Zibby Owens, Founder of Zibby Media, bundled books, podcasts, a magazine, and a bookstore into a new multimedia, multi-everything business.
Namrata Tripathi is Founder and Publisher of Kokila. Previously, Namrata held editorial positions at HarperCollins, Disney-Hyperion, and Simon and Schuster.
Beyond the Page
Yes, publishers big and small can sell their content to studios and streamers. Sophie Kaplan, Senior Director, Creative Acquisitions and IP Management, Universal Studios, Lauren O’Connor, Head of IP Acquisitions, Amazon Studios, Ryan Doherty, Executive Editor, Celadon Books, Macmillan, and Mary Pender, Agent, UTA, take you inside the process.
Senior Director, Creative Acquisitions and IP Management Universal Studios
Head of IP Acquisitions Amazon Studios
Executive Editor Celadon Books Macmillan
Agent UTA
The Power of TikTok
Liza Renzina
Partnerships Lead, Lifestyle and Education
TikTok
Lina Renzina, Partnerships Lead, Lifestyle and Education, TikTok, presents an inside look at best ways for publishers to leverage BookTok and its Creator Marketplace, what trends the social media company sees on the horizon, and more.
DEI 2.0: Tactics for Taking Action
Kimberly Ayers Shariff, Carrie Bloxson, and Emi Ikkanda outline the DEI strategies and initiatives being implemented across the industry. Walk away with specific tools to apply these to your life, your interactions with peers, and your workplace.
Executive Vice President, Director of Strategy for Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Penguin Random House
Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion Hachette Book Group
Executive Editor, Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House
Transformation as a Business Strategy
Dominique Raccah
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sourcebooks
Building a culture of transparency and experimentation without fear of failure has fueled the success of Sourcebooks. Dominique Raccah, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sourcebooks, presents a candid analysis of why her strategy supports both employees and the company at large.
AI: The Future IS Your Friend: Ways to Harness AI on Multiple Fronts
David Pogue
Correspondent
CBS Sunday Morning
David Pogue, Correspondent, CBS Sunday Morning, leads a panel discussion on what you need to know about AI and how publishers can stay informed, stay relevant, and make it work for them.
The Global Perspective…and Responsibility
Karine Pansa
President
International Publishers Association (IPA)
Karine Pansa, President, International Publishers Association (IPA), on the Global Perspective: What are publishers’ moral responsibilities as citizens of the world? What do US publishers owe nations in crisis? Also, what can we learn from a smaller country’s publishing success, and how do we help promote globally literacy?
