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Open Book with David Steinberger

Open Book with David Steinberger

By: Open Road Integrated Media
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 Conversations with publishers, editors, authors, journalists, thinkers, executives and other makers of culture, hosted by David Steinberger, CEO of Open Road Integrated Media and Chairman of the National Book Foundation. https://openroadintegratedmedia.com/podcast/Copyright 2025 Open Road Integrated Media Art Career Success Economics Literary History & Criticism
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    "A Book Bought in a Good Bookstore is a Better Book" with James Daunt
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    James Daunt is a busy man, leading three iconic booksellers on two continents. In this episode, he shares his journey from founding a single independent bookstore in London in 1990 to rescuing and turning around the two largest bookstore chains in the English-speaking world: Waterstones in the UK and Barnes & Noble in the US.
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  • How to Sleep at Night with Elizabeth Harris

    How to Sleep at Night with Elizabeth Harris
    May 29 2025

    Journalist Elizabeth Harris reports on books and the publishing industry for The New York Times. She shares her 16-year career journey from clerk to staff writer, her thoughts on the book industry, and the process of writing her first novel, How to Sleep at Night.
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  • Stealing Crumbs from the Giant with Andy Hunter

    Stealing Crumbs from the Giant with Andy Hunter
    May 8 2025

    Andy Hunter is one of the most interesting players in the discovery and commerce of books. Andy’s career took him from mainstream cultural behemoth Disney to beloved counterculture publisher Soft Skull Press, before founding online literary communities Electric Literature and LitHub. From there, he launched the indie e-commerce platform Bookshop.org in 2020 and stewarded its exceptional growth. Andy discusses the critical value of independent publishing and independent bookstores to culture, the wiring together of community and business model, and the power in a changing technology landscape.
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