So this week we had two guest speakers, Simon Winder from Penguin and Simon Littlewood from Random House, and I attended another OPuS event, this time on mergers and acquisitions. So I heard from Penguin and Random House and mergers, you'd think that would give me a lot to write about.
But no, because this week we were also introduced to Chatham House rules which say:
But no, because this week we were also introduced to Chatham House rules which say:
When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under the Chatham House Rule, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.
Basically we were asked not to publish anything anyone said. So I can't.
But I can sum up that the talks were really useful and that it was really interesting to hear from representatives of some of the big name houses on some of the big topics like the role of digital, the role of agents and the phenomenon of 50 Shades of Gray. I also learnt a lot about the businessy side of things from the mergers and acquisitions talk, things that I thought would be boring but that a few anecdotes made very easy to understand and genuinely interesting.
So yeah not the most detailed of blog posts but it's the best I could do. Perhaps it's best to sum it up with - you had to be there.
But I can sum up that the talks were really useful and that it was really interesting to hear from representatives of some of the big name houses on some of the big topics like the role of digital, the role of agents and the phenomenon of 50 Shades of Gray. I also learnt a lot about the businessy side of things from the mergers and acquisitions talk, things that I thought would be boring but that a few anecdotes made very easy to understand and genuinely interesting.
So yeah not the most detailed of blog posts but it's the best I could do. Perhaps it's best to sum it up with - you had to be there.
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