We all know that libraries are important to developing readers and providing books and ebooks to the communities they serve. But how exactly does this impact the book industry and stimulate (or depress) consumer sales? Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, project lead for the Panorama Project, discusses the goals of the project’s research as well its investigation into how readers’ engagement with books is changing as a result of streaming media and gaming.
### Links
2019 Readers’ Advisory Activities Survey
https://www.panoramaproject.org/2019-readers-advisory-activities-survey
Public Library Events and Book Sales Survey
https://www.panoramaproject.org/news/2019/12/9/public-libraries-book-events-panorama-project-survey
Immersive Media & Reading 2020
https://www.panoramaproject.org/immersive-media-reading-2020
Participants
Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is project lead for the Panorama Project and chief strategist for Free Verse Media. Previously, he was publisher & marketing director for Writer’s Digest; director, content strategy & audience development for Library Journal & School Library Journal; and founding director of programming & business development for Digital Book World.
The Panorama Project is focused on promoting data-informed conversations about public libraries and their impact on book discovery, author recognition, and consumer sales.
Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.
For more information, go to IBPA at https://www.ibpa-online.org/.