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The Book Industry Study Group is awarding its 2019 Lifetime Service Award to "book industry observer, consultant, and futurist" Mike Shatzkin, who will be recognized at BISG's annual meeting on April 26 in New York.
BISG executive director Brian O'Leary commented: "Mike Shatzkin has dedicated his career to helping the book industry identify and solve its most pressing problems. From digital publishing to agency pricing to climate change, he has led the conversation about what's best, and what's next, for book publishing."
Shatzkin has been a part of book publishing for more than 50 years. He founded and is CEO of the Idea Logical Company, the consulting company whose clients have included a range of publishers, Ingram, Barnes & Noble and Borders. He's also written or co-authored eight books, including The Book Business: What Everyone Needs to Know, written with the late Robert Paris Riger, which will be published by Oxford University Press in March. He has a regular blog called The Shatzkin Files.
With Michael Cader of Publishers Lunch, he founded and ran Publishers Launch Conferences, which for a decade staged industry education events focused on digital change from a global perspective. He also has been an editor, a production manager, a sales director, and has sold rights in many venues, including for Hollywood development. His early experience, including a stint as sales and marketing director for a distributor, saw him engage with a wide range of small publishers. Shatzkin specializes in helping the industry deal with change, particularly as it relates to digital strategy and the publishing supply chain.
We can also attest to his acumen as an observer of politics and sports. Congratulations, Mike!