Content Library
How has the publishing supply chain revolutionized? What’s next? Discover how publishers can move from gatekeeping to partnerships in this session by Richard Nash.
Open source EPUB: Digital books
- March 25, 2010
Liza Daly (Threepress Consulting) thinks about reading engines, digital book formats, and new opportunities.
In this double lecture, Ian Barker (Symtext) and Mark Scott (BookRiff) each explore what it means to create one book from many.
Lessons learned from Kobo and Shortcovers: A year in the life of the what and how of selling ebooks
- March 25, 2010
Data-driven, this session by Michael Tamblyn (Kobo) breaks down the lessons they’ve learned after one year of selling ebooks on Shortcovers.
Has content outgrown its covers?
- March 25, 2010
How can publishers reimagine themselves digitally? Deanna McFadden (HarperCollins Canada) explores opportunities in digital publishing, digital formats, and more.
Bookselling on the web: Two independent innovators explore online book publishing, retailing and promotion
- March 25, 2010
Mark Coker (Smashwords) shares four big trends shaping the future of bookselling on the web, while Len Vlhaos (American Booksellers Association and Indiebound) talks about independent local bookstores.
Bob Miller (Workman Publishing) discusses risk in publishing and new publishing models.
How do you know if your experiments with free digital content are working
The future of publishing
- March 12, 2009
Andrew Savikas (O’Reilly Media) shares his take on what is on the horizon for the future of publishing.
Important trends, evolving business models, best practices for integrating social media and user-generated content, and the impact of emerging devices and delivery methods on the creation process.
Brian O’Leary, one of the principals of the StartWithXML 2009 conference, will present the business case that underpins “why” publishers should embrace XML.
Michael Tamblyn (BookNet Canada) describes six initiatives that could make things better for publishers, readers, and others with an interest in the future of the book.