Keith Fretz (Scholastic) explores three main components of a successful transmedia property: attracting and retaining interest, using usage data to inform your product, and maintaining a vibrant community.
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This talk will touch on the challenges and solutions of Type 3.0 for engineers, designers and authors.
An overview of how Unbound uses JavaScript to solve (and create) problems in ebook production.
All the things you’re not supposed to be able to do with ebooks (and some things you actually can’t)
- March 30, 2016
Join Derrick Schultz, an expert in what you can and cannot get away with in ebook design, and pick up tips and tricks.
Find out where the industry stands today and where it may be heading in regards to digital distribution, preferred devices, ebook revenue and pricing, and more.
BNC research: Millennial book consumers now
- April 1, 2016
BookNet Canada’s Noah Genner presents consumer data on how millennials consume books, including where they’re shopping, which formats they prefer, and how they’re discovering new titles.
BookNet Canada research update: Leisure time study
- April 1, 2016
Fresh off the research presses, an update on how the average Canadian spends their free time, including how often they read, what devices and formats they prefer, how often they read book reviews, and more.
A first-hand look at how these publishers designed content marketing strategies tailored to their audiences’ needs, with detailed case studies showing what worked and what didn’t (and why).
Images can be the most frustrating formatting issue in eBook development. This session will give you practical information on how to make your images behave in different reading systems.
Closer to metal
- March 31, 2016
Greg Albers (Getty Publications) discusses the shifting fundamentals of book publishing, from setting lead type, to coding and the command line, while diving into some practical applications.
Publishing in the age of globalization: The wonderful, the worrisome, and what’s next
- March 12, 2015
In a rapid-fire overview of the global publishing landscape, Ed Nawotka, considers the macro-trends and some of the micro-trends at play.
Just as ebooks shouldn’t be an afterthought to print books, CSS3 animation shouldn’t be an afterthought to storytelling.