Conference will bring together publishers, manufacturers, and other suppliers to help foster collaboration and learning in the changing book industry

[BRADENTON, FL] The Book Manufacturers’ Institute (BMI) is bringing back its industry event Book Manufacturing Mastered. The 2023 version will be held Thursday September 14th at the Penguin Random House offices at 1745 Broadway. The first event was held February 10–11, 2020 in New York City just prior to the pandemic.

Book Manufacturing Mastered 2023 will feature a morning state of the industry session. This overview will draw from BMI’s annual State of the Industry Report as well as from other statistical data across the book world. Other morning sessions will discuss what’s changed, what hasn’t changed and what needs to change with regards to both publishing and book manufacturing.

Panelists include:
Linnea Knollmueller, Random House Publishing Group
Roger Naggar, Macmillan Education
Jennifer Blanc-Tal, Rutgers University Press
Jorge Velasco, BPG
David Hetherington, Books International
Todd Roth, Thomson Reuters – Core Publishing Solutions
Ken Miller, Pixelle

Then attendees will have the chance for roundtable discussions with publishers, printers and suppliers about the top challenges facing the industry today and how they can be addressed. Lastly, the day will end with a networking cocktail reception that will feature tabletop exhibits from printers and suppliers to allow publishers in attendance to speak directly with those that help bring their ideas to print.

Matt Baehr, Executive Director of BMI, said, “With the industry changing so much over the last few years, Book Manufacturing Mastered wants to help all segments of the book universe understand what’s happening in manufacturing along with ways we can move everyone forward. Publishers and manufacturers alike are excited for the chance to get together again in New York.”

Working with BMI, Book Manufacturing Mastered is being produced in partnership with a number of other book related trade associations, including: the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), the Protestant Church-Owned Publishers Association (PCPA), PubWest and the New York Book Forum.

The event is organized by an advisory panel comprised of publishers, manufacturers and suppliers. Also assisting the event are sponsors Maple Press and others.

Registration is now open. All agenda, hotel and registration information can be found at www.bookmanufacturingmastered.com.