The Changing Face of the Publishing Industry The panel discussed how changes in the publishing industry have affected what America reads. Mr. Schiffrin is the author of The Business of Books: How the International Conglomerates Took Over Publishing and Changed the Way We Read, published by Verso Books. The book tells the story of the dismantling of the capacity of the modern publishing industry to promote new social voices. Mr. Lapham is the author of Lapham’s Rules of Influence: A Careerist’s Guide to Success, Status, and Self-Congratulation, published by Random House. The book is a manual for brownnosing. After the prepared remarks the panel answered questions from the audience. close