In a session titled, “Barnes & Noble Looks to the Future,” Penguin Random House ceo Markus Dohle interviewed Barnes & Noble ceo Len Riggio at the AAP’s annual meeting on Wednesday, held at PRH’s offices. Dohle started the session with the jovial question, “How’s retirement?” (since Riggio was supposed to retire from the executive ranks of the bookseller until he stepped in following the firing of Ron Boire). “My original plan, believe it or not,” Riggio said, “was to retire at the age of 45 and become a schoolteacher, so I guess I’m running late on that plan.” In terms […]
