Something old, something new: the evolution of the out-of-print book business:

This well-thought-out panel produced an outstanding afternoon, despite its being after lunch in a warm, filled-to-capacity room (producing some lapses in reporting coverage and a plea to ALA for a bigger room next time). Discussion focused on the ways in which automated applications have transformed the out-of-print market and the players in it and what the implications of this might be for the future of the out-of-print book business.