Check out this newest entry in a continuing series of Librarian-Publisher dialogs from Library Journal:
You can accuse the publishing industry of many things, but just don’t call it boring. Developments like Amazon’s purported ebook loaning library leave many collection development professionals feeling winded and powerless. Our new Librarian-Publisher Dialog series aspires to reduce that angst by strengthening communication between two major players in the content ecosystem. In July, Kate Sheehan launched us in a big way by sketching the publishing landscape according to Random House in her conversation with Madeline McIntosh. Katie Dunneback followed a month later, filing an ebook-focused talk with Josh Marwell of HarperCollins that avoided exploding in histrionics over the 26-circs loaning cap.
Here, Jim Carmin (pictured below in blue shirt) of the Multnomah County Library illuminates the philosophies of Brooklyn, NY, indie Melville House, which has taken a refreshingly innovative approach to satisfying readers’ appetites for print and digital while, why, yes, issuing many librarian authors. Publisher Dennis Johnson’s insights on cultural engagement (or, to coin a new term, reader intimacy) could very well make him an idealogical pinup among a certain set of librarians who know that there would be no word of mouth without their brand of proximity to the reading public.
Read the entire article: Librarian-Publisher Dialog: Jim Carmin Talks to Dennis Johnson of Melville House
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