Institute and we had a segment on popular culture. It was me and two guys from the hollywood film industry. The three of us sat on stage for a half hour and talked shop. It was really fun and i learned a lot. The main thing that came out of it, the take away for me was that we in this Different Industries dont talk to each other enough. The thing that distinguish me and maybe that is something i shouldve set at the beginning of an interview, but but the thing that distinguishes me from most other publishers is that im not just in it as a business person. Of course im in business and i need to pick and choose and publish books that make money. Thats very important. Im at the intersection of ideas and commerce. Im a capitalist and commerce is very important. If you publish a book that people dont buy, while you made the decision incorrectly and thats not good. Beyond that role i really am to some extent part of a larger group of enterprise and getting back to the question of the differen
Institute and we had a segment on popular culture. It was me and two guys from the hollywood film industry. The three of us sat on stage for a half hour and talked shop. It was really fun and i learned a lot. The main thing that came out of it, the take away for me was that we in this Different Industries dont talk to each other enough. The thing that distinguish me and maybe that is something i shouldve set at the beginning of an interview, but but the thing that distinguishes me from most other publishers is that im not just in it as a business person. Of course im in business and i need to pick and choose and publish books that make money. Thats very important. Im at the intersection of ideas and commerce. Im a capitalist and commerce is very important. If you publish a book that people dont buy, while you made the decision incorrectly and thats not good. Beyond that role i really am to some extent part of a larger group of enterprise and getting back to the question of the differen
Hospital, the chief of staff who so generously allowed us to broadcast from the harlem atrium. Its a wonderful place. It was important because while we usually broadcast from schaumburg it was important to introduce another harlem institution and interestingly enough to have a more literally the harlem hospital live, the schaumburg in another way but i wanted you to just know that harlem is a vibrant community, a community that in many ways sustains not only those who live here but is the idea of harlem and what it represents it sustains us all. So i wanted wanted to thank harlem hospitals. I wanted to thank christopher from the Public Affairs department who i have called too many times and i know he has answered the phone to many times. So thank you christopher. With all that is going on in the nation, i think it is important to begin the harlem book fair with an opening remark and that is, we know what is. My question is, what is the alternative and for me the alternative is for us t
If 2014 harlem book fair panel on multicultural book publishing. My name is weighed hudson and i am president and ceo of just us books, independent Childrens Book co. My wife cheryl and i started in 1988. We established just us books to addressing the needs to reflect our societys diversity. I will moderate the discussion but before we starts i would like to pay a little homage to a great writer we lost last week. Walter myers, winner of many of the awards for children and young adult literature produced a body of work that included more than 100 books for children and young adults. He often wrote about younger africanamericans who battled troubles in the streets, in school and at home, giving them a voice. Also a leading advocate for diversity in childrens literature. We will all miss his outstanding and wonderful writer and human being. Those interested in recognizing walter by making a donation may do so by contributing 2 two of his favorite causes, the Children Defense Fund and a l
Revolution on americas education system. Join the conversation as he takes your calls, emails and tweets live for three hours summed, august 3rd, at noon eastern. And tune this next month for author, historian and activist mary frances berry. Best selling author and historian michael corps can is our guest in november. In depth on cspan2s booktv. Television for serious readers. Booktv recently attended the 2014 harlem book fair. Coming up next, a panel of experts explores approaches to increasing audience awareness and market gland for multicultural literature for acquiring libraries and expanding the the interpretation of what is multicultural. My name is wade hudson, and i am president and ceo of just ush books inc. , an independent Childrens Book publishing company. My wife, sheryl, and i startedt it in 1988. We established just us books to address the need for more books that reflect our societys diversity. I will moderate todays discussion. I will moderate the but before we starts