Person Of The Year 2011
In a time of tremendous turmoil in the book
publishing industry, the role of the established large trade houses has
been called into question by analysts and commentators inside and
outside of publishing. Yet the Big Six publishers, by adapting to the
changing circumstances, continue to operate profitably, while
publishing award-winning books. No executive within the industry has
done a better job of balancing the often conflicting demands of
supporting an existing print infrastructure with investing in digital
businesses than Penguin Group (USA) CEO David Shanks, PW’s Person of the Year.
Penguin
Group (USA) followed up record financial years in 2009 and 2010 with a
host of initiatives in 2011 that includes the official launch of two
imprints, David Rosenthal’s Blue Rider Press and the company’s
Spanish-language imprint C.A. Press, as well as the fall announcement of
InterMix, an e-book imprint headed by Berkley Publishing president
Leslie Gelbman that will publish its first titles in January 2012.
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