PubWest, the trade association for small- and medium-sized book publishers, has announced Len Riggio, chairman of Barnes & Noble, will be the featured keynote speaker for its 2011 PubWest Conference this November. Riggio will discuss his 50 years in the business, his work building Barnes & Noble from a single store to the leading bookstore chain, now with 1,300 retail locations, and his predictions on the future of publishing.
The PubWest Conference 2011 will be held November 3-5 at the Green Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson, NV. The theme this year is "Beating the Odds: Making Money Making Books," and will offer three keynotes, two intensive sessions and ten dynamic sessions all focused on making publishing more profitable.
For more information and to register for the conference, please visit www.pubwest.org/conference.
