AALA Virtual Mixer: YA & MG
Zoom
Virtual Event
Panelists will walk attendees through the crucial roles that managing editors, art + design teams, and other departments play in a title's transformation from a copy-edited manuscript to a book on a shelf.
Panelists will discuss the in-and-outs of their respective jobs and the vital role that the marketing, publicity, and sales teams play in the lead up to a book's publication.
Panelists will discuss the importance of subsidiary rights, and the alternative lives a book can live through translation, audio, film/TV, and more.
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Steve Potash, CEO of Overdrive, will update AALA Membership on the state of the market for content licensing, and describe access models available for schools and libraries to purchase lending rights. He will share more about Overdrive's role as well as recent data on this growing channel for book sales and reader engagement.