Content Library

Bringing together the web and digital publishing communities
- March 11, 2015
This presentation gives a short overview of the achievements of the W3C Digital Publishing Interest Group task forces, as well as the longer-term vision on where this cooperation may lead us.
In this session, Noah Genner will present some of BookNet’s recent research, including not-yet-released stats.
Join InDesign-to-EPUB expert Anne-Marie Concepción as she reveals the power under InDesign’s EPUB 3 hood for reflowable and fixed-layout EPUBs.
Kevin Ashton draws on his experience as a bookseller, author, marketer, and leader of the “Internet of Things,” to provide guidance and reassurance to help you survive the coming Ebookalypse.

9 startup strategies that you should be using now!
- March 12, 2015
M.J. D’Elia (Startup Weekend: Library Edition) will explore ‘startup thinking’ to give you new ways to think about solving challenges in your organization.

Who needs libraries?
- March 6, 2014
The demise of libraries has been predicted since the inception of the internet, but reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated. This panel addresses the impact of libraries in the community, and to the economy.
It’s not just the book industry that’s dealing with a challenging retail landscape: across the country, retailers are grappling with consolidation in the trade, the shift to online shopping, and more.
By thinking about books in terms of the competition for a customer’s time and as a leisure activity, we may be able to capitalize on some of digital’s natural advantages.
We’re all familiar with — one representation of an underlying data model. Learn about other possibilities — for example JSON, other forms of RDF, and discuss why there’s no one right expression.
What talents and sensibilities must publishers seek, and should they be hiring from outside industries, cultivating those skills in-house, investing in educational programs, or all three?
Our panel covers the state of standards compliance and speculates on the best path forward.
Supersize your sales data basics by looking at how successful businesses leverage their data, how to use numbers to answer your questions, and how use your data for experimentation and flexibility.









