The next chapter in the NYU Summer Publishing Institute program—the book session—opened with a keynote address from Michael Pietsch, Chief Executive Officer of Hachette Book Group USA. With over 35 years in the industry, Pietsch progressed from what he called a “supple-elbowed” intern needed to operate the newly-acquired Xerox machine at David R. Godine to editor to publisher to a CEO who, remarkably, still sets aside time to edit books by James Patterson, Stacy Schiff, and Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller, The Goldfinch. [Read more…] about Summer Publishing Institute: The Book Session Begins