“We’ve heard it before,” my quotable neighbor said of this morning’s CEO panel at a packed Digital Book World, “but they said it well.” David Nussbaum, the ceo of the conference organizer F+W Media, led the discussion with Jane Friedman (Open Media), Mike Hyatt (Nelson), Brian Napack (Macmillan) and David Steinberger (Perseus). In contrast to the same time a year ago, the panel’s executives were generally pleased to find themselves in the middle of a digital market that is broadening. Echoing Steve Jobs’ remarks on the introduction of the iPad, Brian Napack said, “Amazon did us a great favor by […]
