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Saturday January 16, 2027 11:30am - 12:30pm EST
Publishing has changed a lot in the last few years — some of it exciting, some of it exhausting, and some of it TBD. This session takes stock of the shifts reshaping the industry itself: shrinking advances, algorithm-driven discovery, the evolving role of agents, AI's creeping presence, and general norms of how the publishing world operates. We'll ask the real question underneath it all: is any of this actually working — for authors, for readers, for the industry itself? Expect honest analysis, a little venting, and a clearer sense of where things stand.
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Mitchell Waters

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc., Literary Agent
Mitchell Waters has been a literary agent for over thirty years and represent a diverse array of authors of fiction and nonfiction. Recent and soon-to-be published clients include Kim van Alkemade, Natalie Jenner, Bill Gaythwaite, Stephen Greco, Allison Montclair and Joe Keenan.
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Kim van Alkemade

UPSTATE, Author
Kim van Alkemade is a New York Times bestselling author of four novels whose work has been translated into eleven languages. She was born in New York City, spent her childhood in New Jersey, and attended college in Wisconsin, where she earned a doctorate in English from UW-Milwaukee. After a career teaching writing at Shippensbu... Read More →
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Kat Kerr

Donald Maass Literary Agency, Literary Agent
Kat joined Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2019. She graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelors in English and is drawn to literary and commercial voices within the adult and YA markets, as well as select adult nonfiction. Kat feels strongly about supporting programs... Read More →
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Henriette Lazaridis

Galiot Press, Co-Founder, Editorial Director
Henriette Lazaridis is the author of Last Days in Plaka (a Good Morning America Buzz pick), Terra Nova (which the New York Times called “ingenious”), and The Clover House (a Boston Globe bestseller). A first-generation Greek/American, she earned degrees in English literature from Middlebury College and Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. After receiving her Ph.D from the University of Pennsylvania, she went on to teach English literature at Harvard... Read More →
Saturday January 16, 2027 11:30am - 12:30pm EST
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