The 2025 Annual Meeting Program Committee, Sheila Hennessey of Penguin Random House and Amanda MacDonnell of Steps to Literacy are pleased to announce the 2025 meeting theme: Building Collaborative Partnerships in a Shifting Marketplace
LISTEN TO JASON REYNOLDS INTERVIEW Ludington Award Recipient: Jason Reynolds, Simon & Schuster |
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Edelweiss: Best Strategies and Uses for Wholesalers, Librarians, and Publishers Panelists: |
Collection Development: Key Insights Across the Industry How can publishers present the best, most salient, information to facilitate wholesalers with Collection Development for classroom, school, and public libraries. Panelists: |
Book Challenges, Book Bans: What Does 2025 Bring to the Educational Book and Media Marketplace? This session will include an update on the current lay of the land and legal cases currently before the courts. The panelists will discuss strategies going forward and how the 2024 elections (National, State, and Local) will impact the education market. What are the anticipated legislation changes and what are the best strategies to address them? Panelists: |
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LISTEN TO PANEL HERE Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Obstacles for Publishers and Distributors This session will discuss how AI is currently being used in content creation across platforms, the challenges of intellectual property protection and how publishers and distributors can utilize this hyper-growth technology to streamline their businesses. Panelists: |
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