1. 1CLOSING REMARKSA Vision for Our Collective FutureKen MichaelsPresident, Hachette Book GroupChair, Book Industry Study Group

2. 2Average Duration of Companies Listed010203040506070801957 201275 Years 15 Years? 3. We spend ourtime respondingrationally to aworld which weunderstand andrecognize, butwhich no longerexists. Eddie Obeng 4. 7AuthorPublisherRetailer/LibraryReaderManufacturerWholesaler 5. 8Author/AgentPublisher RetailerReaderService ProviderManufacturerWholesalerData aggregatorLibrary 6. 9Michael Porters Five Forces Model 7. There is afundamental shiftthat social medianecessitates inbusiness today - theneed to transitionfrom Me First toWe First thinking. Simon Mainwaring 8. 11OBENGs MessageDo we engage research, educationand others to reset paradigm?MAINWARINGs MessageAre we collaborating outside our wallswith a we first mindset to driveprogress?PORTERs MessageAre we trying to redefine rules ofprocessing in isolation? 9. Education& EventsStandards &Best PracticesResearch 10. Working tocreate a moreinformed,empowered,and efficientbook industry. 11. THEMASouth AfricaCanadaGermanyAustralia SwitzerlandDenmarkAustriaItalyNetherlandNorwayEgypt &Pan Arab GroupFranceSpainSwedenUnited Kingdom United States 12. W3CEPUB HTML5Containers BrowsersIDPF 13. Traditional PrintProductionAgile ContentMethodologies 14. Educationand EventsStandards andBest PracticesResearchConsensus 15. Educationand EventsStandards andBest PracticesResearch 16. InnovateandImplementWe FirstthinkingGrowth 17. InnovateandImplementWe Firstthinking 18. InnovateandImplementWe Firstthinking 19. 28THANK YOU!A Vision for Our Collective FutureKen MichaelsPresident , Hachette Book GroupChair, Book Industry Study Group