Gerald Howard introduces two panels on the topic of the book business. On the first panel, Gerald Howard, Maureen Howard, Virginia Barber, Harold Evans, Michael Jacobs, Phillip Lopate, and Marian Wood discuss the book business and how big and small publishing houses deal with the works of various authors. Maureen Howard is the moderator. On the second panel, with Gay Talese as the moderator, three publishers, namely, Anne Messitte, Robert B. Wyatt, and Wendy Strothman, share their own perspectives and respond to the issues that were mentioned on the first panel.
