2015 Charleston Library Conference

For background see http://www.against-the-grain.com/2015/03/atg-original-bt-ebsco-ybp-more-changes-to-distribution-channels/; http://www.against-the-grain.com/2015/06/newschannel-original-proquest-works-to-strengthen-services-to-academe-with-acquisition-of-sipx/ ; and http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Rakuten-and-OverDrive-Building-a-Major-Global-Ebook-Platform-103040.asp

This past year has seen many strategic changes to book distribution to libraries. In this session ProQuest's CEO Kurt Sanford (which has just acquired SIPX) and OverDrive's President & CEO Steve Potash (which was acquired by Japanese corporate giant Rakuten) will discuss their strategic moves along with consultant Dan Tonkery who will provide analysis and commentary on what this means for the future of book distribution in libraries.