S&S president and publisher Jonathan Karp will take part in panel discussion on Jewish participation in postwar publishing on Thursday
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves.
Thursday, December 6, $15, 6:30
212-294-8301
www.cjh.org
With the recent merger between Random House and Penguin and the possibility of HarperCollins buying Simon & Schuster, the ever-changing world of book publishing has been providing the business pages with plenty of column inches. The Center for Jewish History will examine the industry post-WWII, focusing on Jewish participation, in the panel discussion “Culture Brokers: Publishing / The Book Trade.” A copresentation of the American Jewish Historical Society and the Jewish Book Council, the talk features S&S executive vice president and publisher Jonathan Karp, Open Road CEO (and former HarperCollins president and CEO) Jane Friedman, former Random House director Jason Epstein, and Schocken Books editorial director Altie Karper. It should be a lively discussion about power, money, digitalization — oh, and actual literature, one would hope.