Content Library

Understanding your metadata’s journey
- March 24, 2017
In this session, we look at the flow of data and consider some of the best practices you can use to make your metadata more consistent and more robust across various end points.
Myles Fuchs presents useful insights and various “entry points” to digital publishing for iOS and Android apps, ebooks for leading platforms, and to the web from single source content.
Business disruption can come from any direction and Melissa Mack (Director, Witt O’Brien’s) knows that companies must prepare for any type of crisis, not every crisis.
In this double lecture, Ian Barker (Symtext) and Mark Scott (BookRiff) each explore what it means to create one book from many.
Find out how to get the most out of our recent improvements in this short session, and get a sneak peek at our upcoming plans!
In 2019, the Book Industry Study Group launched its workflow committee to help companies across the supply chain better organize processes, technologies, and people. This session highlights what the committee learned.
How do we respond to the narrowing of the reader-writer gap engendered by the internet’s plurality of communities? The only way we can: by trying to understand the change.

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.

Pre-publication trends: Using early data to refine launch strategies
- February 25, 2020
This presentation will show publishers how to use pre-order data to focus or hone their sales and marketing efforts, amplify pre-order buzz, and generate more sales on publication.
The CataList team has been working hard to deliver new and improved ways to promote, sell, browse, and order books online.

Bot boom: What marketers need to know about chatbots now
- March 23, 2018
This presentation for marketers who are considering using bots for their business, highlighting what they are, why they’ve become so popular, and how to leverage them for customer service, e-commerce, and more.
Ashleigh Gardner dives deep into case studies and explores how Wattpad approaches data and discovery to identify hidden stories that translate into publishing success.








