Conference Programme

Speaker: Len Vlahos.

Sales of e-books were five percent of the total book market in the United States in 2009. The projected figures for 2010 put the figure at 10 percent. Real books may never die, but what if the e-book plateau achieves 40 percent of the market?

Speaker: John Allen

John Allen's presentation, 'Nation-building with books', was an inspiring experience at the Booksellers NZ Conference, Sunday 29 August 2010. Video footage of his presentation is now available to view in two parts here:

John Allen - Chief Executive and Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Couldn’t get to conference? Here's a quick and easy summary.

Booksellers are suffering in the current recovery-from-recession phase, but speakers at Booksellers Conference last weekend projected a confident future. Yes, e-books will impact on trade – but ABA’s Len Vlahos showed how they can work for independent booksellers.

The Read will cover the key speakers in detail over following issues, but right now here’s the conference in a capsule: