Steve Forbes, Cathie Black, Jane Friedman and David Granger Featured Speakers at Publishing Business Conference & Expo

PHILADELPHIA, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The more than 1,500 attendees expected to convene at the Publishing Business Conference & Expo (March 8-10, 2010, at the New York Marriott Marquis, Time Square) will gain insights, forecasts and opinions from many of the biggest names and brightest minds in book and magazine publishing at a crucial time in publishing's history.  

The event features more than 60 sessions and 150 speakers from all walks of the  industry. Highlights of the event include:

• Monday's Keynote Event: Steve Forbes, Chairman & CEO, Forbes Media, and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes magazine will be interviewed by Esquire magazine Editor-in-Chief David Granger.
• Tuesday's Special Event featuring Cathie Black, president, Hearst Magazines and "The First Lady of American Magazines," and Jane Friedman, CEO of OpenRoad Integrated Media and former CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, in a candid interview by Evan Schnittman of Oxford University Press about "Reinventing Today's Publishing Company."

Other speakers hail from companies nationwide such as Reader's Digest, Food Network Magazine, Hachette Book Group, Hanley Wood, HarperStudio, Scholastic, O, The Oprah Magazine, Pearson, Hoffman Media, Macmillan, Consumer Reports, Dwell, among many others.

"This event is not a 'who's who in publishing' shindig -- although the "who's who" are definitely present. It's an event that publishing executives attend to learn practical strategies to help them adapt to the shifting publishing markets and challenges they face," says Noelle Skodzinski, conference program director. "The industry really bans together at this show to tackle the hardest issues head-on."

Sessions and speakers will address topics that will help shape the future of the publishing industries, including: new business models made possible by e-books,  digital rights management and pricing of e-books, why certain magazines are successful and what will happen to ad-driven and paid-circulation magazine models, how books and magazines can compete and thrive in the digital age, and much more.

Plus, the show -- which is produced by leading industry magazines Publishing Executive and Book Business -- features the largest expo hall of technologies, solutions and services serving book and magazine publishing companies.

For more information or to register, visit http://www.PublishingBusiness.com or call (888) 627-2630.

SOURCE Publishing Business Conference & Expo