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Start with Curiosity with Perminder Mann
Perminder Mann is CEO of UK & International for Simon & Schuster, a role she stepped into in May 2024 after eight years as Group CEO of Bonnier Books UK. In this episode, Perminder traces an…
Every Book Deserves to be Heard with Bob Carrigan
Bob Carrigan is the CEO of Audible, the world’s leading audiobook platform. In this episode, Bob describes Audible’s extraordinary growth and the company’s ambitious vision to make every book…
Brave on Behalf of Books with Ruth Dickey
Ruth Dickey is the Executive Director of the National Book Foundation—the organization behind the National Book Awards, now in its 77th year. In this episode, Ruth shares the foundation’s new…
And God Created the Literary Agent with Michael Carlisle
Michael Carlisle is a co-founder of Inkwell Management, one of the most respected literary agencies in the business. Born of publishing parents, he became a human rights lawyer first, before he found…
A Book in the Mind of A Consumer with Brendan Curry
Brendan Curry has spent 24 years at W.W. Norton—the largest and oldest employee-owned publishing company. Norton is renowned for nonfiction and higher education publishing. In this episode, we…
Hold The Door Open with Miwa Messer
Miwa Messer is the executive producer and host of Barnes & Noble’s beloved podcast “Poured Over,” which has released over 650 episodes in the last 5 years. Our conversation covers her journey in…
What It’s Like to Be a Kid with Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson has been President and Publisher of Simon & Schuster Children’s since 2009, after a career in both publishing and bookselling that began at age 16 at a B. Dalton mall store in South…
Brick & Mortar Success in an Online World with Terry Finley
Terry Finley is the President and CEO of Books-A-Million, a chain of over 200 bookstores in 30 states. In this episode he describes the dramatic changes in book retailing since the late 1970s, when…
“This is my book. You can’t have it.” with Michael Jacobs
In a 50-year publishing career, Michael Jacobs has been at the center of a number of explosive worldwide publishing phenomena, including Harry Potter and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. He talks about the…
Books Change Lives with Dominique Raccah
Dominique Raccah founded Sourcebooks in Chicago in 1987 and has turned it into the fastest growing, and now the largest, independent book publisher in the United States. This episode covers how she…
Hot Desk with Laura and Colin Dickerman
A writer and an editor join us to discuss a new book set in the world of publishing. Hot Desk — the debut novel from Laura Dickerman (with input from her editor brother Colin) — is a genre-spanning…
Something Totally Different with Molly Stern
Molly Stern is a longtime editor and publisher, formerly at Penguin Random House, where she worked on countless award-winners and bestsellers including Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, Year of Wonders by…
The Luckiest Publisher in the World with Arnaud Nourry
As former Chairman and CEO of Hachette, Arnaud offers a candid look inside a major international publisher. Under his leadership, Hachette grew from a French-centric company to a global player,…
The Keystone with Judith Curr
Where do global bestsellers come from? We hear from Judith Curr on her fascinating worldwide publishing journey. From a one-room schoolhouse in Australia to a career full of international bestsellers…
Backstories: A Special First Anniversary Episode
This episode marks the one-year anniversary of the Open Book Podcast, so we thought we would do something a little different. We often ask our guests to share their journey as readers, including the…
"This Could Be the Best Book I’ve Ever Read" with Sally Kim
Sally Kim is the President and Publisher of Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group that includes the flagship imprint originally founded in 1837, with a catalog that boasts…
"A Book Bought in a Good Bookstore is a Better Book" with James Daunt
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…
How to Sleep at Night with Elizabeth Harris
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,…
Stealing Crumbs from the Giant with Andy Hunter
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…
Name as Destiny with Madeline McIntosh
Madeline McIntosh is a trailblazing publisher whose career spans leading roles at storied companies like Norton, Bantam Doubleday Dell, Amazon, and Penguin Random House. Madeline talks about her…
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