Digital Book World’s second day of main stage presentations concluded with a panel discussion on women at the intersection of publishing, finance, and technology. Moderator Charlotte Abbott led off by reciting a number of alarming facts about the paucity of women in executive positions, the gender and diversity gap, and other matters (“On the bright side, there aren’t many instances of harrassment in publishing, at least that I know of”) before turning the conversation over to Sourcebooks ceo Dominique Raccah, NetGalley president Susan Ruszala, Penguin Random House senior director of apps channel Katherine McCahill, and DeSilva+Phillips managing director Joanna Herman. […]
