RADIO PANEL ON BOOKSTORES & PUBLISHING
guests:
LESLIE BERKLER, Cody's Books & Book Passage Bookstore
CLARK KEPLER, Kepler's Books
BILL PETROCELLI, Book Passage Bookstore
ANDY ROSS, Cody's Books & independent literary agent
IN CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD WOLINSKY
A discussion about the independent bookstore and issues affecting bookselling and publishing today, which aired on KPFA-FM in Berkeley on May 20, 2010. Among the topics covered in the discussion: The demise of Cody's, the independent book store today, box stores, chain stores, Amazon and electronic book selling, the e-reader, present-day publishing, and the future of publishing and book-selling.
Andy Ross discusses the final days of Cody's, Bill Petrocelli
and Clark Kepler talk about their respective bookstores today, plus
an overview of the state of independent bookstores. (19 min)
The discussion moves on to what's happening in publishing today, from the rise of
box stores and chains to electronic book-selling, Amazon, and
e-readers. (13 min)
The panel concludes with a look at some of the things independent
booksellers can do that other venues cannot, and a final
post-mortem on Cody's Books. (15 min)
Abbreviated KPFA-FM Fund Drive Program:
Pacifica Radio Berkeley California
Thursday May 20, 2010, 3-4 pm
