Seminar 04 – The Impact of E-Books on Scholarly and Professional Publishing

Dr. Richard Brown. Director, Georgetown University Press (D.C.) . Dr. Brown has spent more than a decade in scholarly publishing, and he developed a series of innovative book series at Georgetown, including Arabic language books. He has served as the President of the Association of American University Presses, the nations leading scholarly publishing association.

Albert N. Greco. Professor of Marketing. Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University (NYC). He is the author or editor of 12 twelve scholarly titles about the book publishing industry, including editing the JSP Essentials: Critical Insight into the World of Scholarly Publishing, Vol. 1 University Presses and Vol. 2 Scholarly Publishing in Developing Nations (University of Toronto Press) and articles in the Journal of Scholarly Publishing. He has lectured at Harvard University, The World Bank, and The Library of Congress about various publishing issues.

Dr. Arnold Grossblatt. Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Publishing. George Washington University (D.C.). Dr Grossblatt has revamped the George Washington University academic courses (one of the largest programs in the U.S.), adding courses and course material on e-books and e-readers.

David Hetherington. Vice President Baker & Taylor (NJ); also Yankee Book Peddler (N.H.) Mr. Hetherington is also the Director of major Accounts at Baker & Taylor. He is an Adjunct Instructor at the Pace Universitys M.S. publishing program; and he is a frequent speaker at various U.S. and international publishing conferences. He has worked at Columbia University Press handling financial and distribution issues.

Robert M. Wharton. Professor of Management Systems. Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University (NYC). He is the co-author (with Albert Greco) of The Culture and Commerce of Publishing in the 21st Industry (Stanford University Press) and numerous articles in the Journal of Scholarly Publishing. He has lectured at The World Bank and the Library of Congress about various publishing issues.

Michael Artiles. Research Assistant in Quantitative Marketing. Accounting and finance business school student at The Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, (NYC).

Madeline Danza. Research Assistant in Quantitative Marketing. Accounting business school student at The Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, (NYC).

Research Assistant in Quantitative Marketing. Accounting and finance business school student at The Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, (NYC).

Alexa Gavin. Research Assistant in Quantitative Marketing. Marketing business school student at The Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, (NYC).

Alexandra Jameson. Research Assistant in Quantitative Marketing. Marketing business school student at The Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University, (NYC).

Falguni Sen. Professor of Management Systems. Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University (NYC). He is the author of numerous scholarly articles addressing strategic issues, with an interest in scientific developments in various scientific and engineering industries. He has lectured about strategic policy issues in North America, Europe and Asia.