The Family BusinessAuthor :
Hardback
Published : Thursday 3 June 2021
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The first book to tell the story of one of the worldâ?Ts most influential media businesses, The Family Business draws on more than 70 interviews with company insiders as well as book-industry luminaries to present the Ingram story and how a little-known Nashville-based company grew to play a pivotal role in transforming book publishing around the world. The history of the Ingram Content Group is one of the most important and remarkable business stories that almost no one knows. Launched as a favor to a family friend, it started as a local textbook distributorâ?"one tiny division within a thriving corporation focused on oil, construction supplies, and shipping. It grew into the worldâ?Ts largest book wholesaler, then into the most influential and innovative supplier of infrastructure and services to publishers around the world. Over the past 50 years, from its headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, Ingram has played a pivotal role in modernizing the book business. Two members of the founding family have led the way: Bronson Ingram, a tough-minded industrialist who instinctively recognized a golden opportunity to apply modern efficiencies to antiquated logistical systems, and Bronsonâ?Ts son John Ingram, an â?ointrapreneurâ?? with a keen understanding of both the opportunities and the risks created by the new digital technologies. Led by these two brilliant managers, Ingram has used its unparalleled industry-wide connections to help transform book publishing from a tradition-bound business into a dynamic, global twenty-first century powerhouse. Now, for the first time, The Family Business captures the whole story. In its pages, readers will learn about:The introduction of the Ingram microfiche reader in 1972 and how it catapulted book retailing into the electronic eraIngramâ?Ts network of coast-to-coast distribution centers turning U.S. book publishing into a truly national business for the first timeIngram using fast-growing video, software, magazine, and international wholesaling operations to create a phenomenal record of expansion, growing from a million-dollar company into a billion-dollar giant in just two decadesTwo of book publishingâ?Ts most powerful organizationsâ?"Ingram and Barnes & Nobleâ?"almost coming within a hairâ?Ts breadth of merging, and how the deal fell apart at the eleventh hourIngramâ?Ts unparalleled ability to rapidly fulfill product orders empowering Amazonâ?Ts unique customer service model and enabling its explosive growthLightning Source, a technological marvel spawned by Ingram, converting the â?olong tailâ?? of niche books from a costly headache for publishers and retailers into a steady source of profitable salesIngramâ?Ts transformation of the book supply chain enabling countless booksellers and publishers to survive and even thrive in the disruptive era of Covid-19 Today, with Ingramâ?Ts expanding portfolio of service and infrastructure businesses playing an ever-growing role in the world of publishing, the company stands ready to help lead the industry into an era of even more dramatic change. The Family Business is the first book to recount the story of this strategic powerhouse that everyone in the publishing industry does business with, and that practically everyone admiresâ?"but that few people really understand. A must-read for people in the book business and the world of media, and anyone else who wants to understand how this vastly influential industry really works, this book fascinates with the story of the ways todayâ?Ts electronic information technologies are transforming the world.
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