With apologies for cross posting.
Dear Colleagues:
We hope that you can join us at the Academy of Management Annual Conference for the following PDW:
The Book is Dead, Long Live the 'Book': The Future of Management Book Publishing
Session 633: Sunday, August 03, 2014, 1:30:00 PM - 3:30:00 PM Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 114-Aud. Lecture Hall
Chair: Joseph Lampel, City University London
Participant: Henry Mintzberg, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Participant: David Musson, Oxford University Press
Participant: Michael Roche Cengage Learning
Participant: Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Summary:
Rumors of the demise of book publishing may or may not be exaggerated, but this much is clear: New technologies are changing publishing. Books embody the power of words, and publishers link authors with readers. But book publishing is undergoing fundamental technological and business transformation. The purpose of this PDW is to examine the implications of these transformations for researchers that have published, and continue to publish, books, and researchers who have not, but are interested in exploring this option. The PDW brings together professional publishers with academics with the aim of exploring how this transformation will affect how researchers and teachers view book publishing.
Among the questions that we hope to cover are: a) What is the impact of recent technological changes on the structure and evolution of the publishing industry? b) Will the changes in the publishing industry change how management researchers view academic publishing? c) As technological change is removing the constraints that define the 'book' in its current format, how can researchers benefit from this change? d) New distribution modes are making it possible for researchers to self-publish? What are the advantages and risks of authors striking out on their own? e) What new business models are emerging, and what opportunities do they offer management researchers who wish to publish books?
Pre-registration is not required.
If you have any questions, please contact Joseph Lampel at lampel@city.ac.uk