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‘Dead Wood Syndrome: the Digital Impact on Publishing’
Chris entered the Book Trade as a bookseller in 1969. He joined Wm Collins and Sons Co Ltd (sic) as a trainee sales rep in 1972. After sales positions for Collins, Hamish Hamilton and Penguin he joined Ward Lock Ltd as Managing Director in 1986. He joined BBC Worldwide as Head of Books in 1990 and over the years took on responsibility for Audiobooks, Video and Music. He created the JV company 2 entertain, and oversaw the launch of the DVD format and the growth of audio digital downloads. Chris retired from the BBC on 30th September.
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‘Guanxi: the key to a successful China publishing strategy’
Personal connections are even more important in Asia than they are in the West, and building these connections—or guanxi (pronouncedgwan-she)—provides a clear competitive advantage to companies and professionals who want to become preferred partners and players in China. Karen will explain how guanxi differs from Western ‘networking’ and discuss the dark side of guanxi, as well as explaining the practical steps you can take to become China-ready.
CEO and founder ofBerkshire Publishing Group LLC; author, editor and blogger
(http://www.berkshirepublishing.com/blog)specializing in China, sustainability and social media. A graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Karen spent her formative years in the publishing industry in London, working as editor and journalist. Karen has worked with Mrs T.S. Eliot; edited award-winning academic works such as the Encyclopedia of Community; authored The Armchair Environmentalist, which was translated into French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai. After returning to the US, she worked as managing editor of the Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations (Oxford 1997) before co-founding Berkshire Publishing in 1998. She initiated the interactive website http://www.LoveUSHateUS.com, and is publisher of Berkshire's newsletter Guanxi: The China Letter, a monthly publication helping business professionals prepare for success in China,which chimed in well with her recent publication of China Gold: China’s Quest for Global Power and Olympic Glory.Karen focuses on building relationships with experts, academic networks and organizations around the world.
http://www.berkshirepublishing.com
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Chairman and Publisher of Atlantic Books, Toby Mundy is an influential figure in the London publishing world - and that’s official - as listed in the Evening Standard’s ‘The 1000: London’s most influential people 2008’. Toby worked at Harper Collins and Weidenfeld & Nicholson prior to starting his own house at Atlantic Books in 2000. Before Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker prize in October 2008 with White Tiger, Toby’s talent had already been recognised variously, including the award of ‘Editor and Imprint of the Year’ at the British Book Awards in 2005; and an Honorary Doctorate from University of Bournemouth in 2004. We look forward to hearing what effect the Man Booker Prize 2008 has had on his publishing operation at Atlantic since October.
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