Books from Boxes: Where Will We Find the Next Bestsellers?

Andrew Albanese is senior writer and features editor at Publishers Weekly and the author of The Battle of $9.99: How Apple, Amazon and the “Big Six” Publishers Changed the E-Book Business Overnight (Publishers Weekly). As a journalist he has covered the publishing and information technology field for more than a decade, and has written about the industry for numerous publications in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He is a former editor of American history at Oxford University Press.

Christopher Kenneally is Director, Author & Creator Relations for the Copyright Clearance center, the global rights broker for the world’s most sought-after books, journals, blogs, movies and more.  Christopher Kenneally is an award-winning journalist who has reported on education, business, travel, culture and technology for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Independent of London, and many other leading publications. Kenneally has also reported for WBUR-FM (Boston), National Public Radio and WGBH-TV (Boston), and has appeared as a guest on numerous radio and TV public affairs programs. He serves on the Steering Committee of the National Writers Union (NWU) Boston Local, and is a member of PEN New England, and the Authors Guild. Kenneally is also a co-founder of the Writers League of Boston, and an Advisory Council member of the Boston History Collaborative. Before joining Copyright Clearance Center in 2001, Kenneally was a corporate communications consultant to foundations and emerging businesses. He also has served as Director, Account Services, for a leading Boston area high-technology public relations firm.