At SXSW, the disconnect between traditional book publishing and the forward-thinking conference attendees was never more apparent than in reaction to yesterday’s “New Think for Old Publishers” panel featuring Clay Shirky (whose recent essay on the newspaper industry has been much discussed over the weekend.) The panel writeup had audience members believing the session was about learning what was wrong and right with publishing. Panel members, which included Penguin marketing director John Fagan, Putnam President Ivan Held and Bloomsbury Publicity Director Peter Miller, and moderator Deborah Schultz, evidently had something else in mind: to invite the audience to tell them […]