Inspired by the success of premium episodic television, Molly Barton launched Serial Box. In this session she discusses how their content differs from books delivered in pieces.
2017
You know a beautifully designed ebook when you see it, and you’ve got the chops to show us how it’s done.
BookNet’s BiblioShare database now holds over 2 million public records – what are we doing with all that bibliographic data?
Robert Wheaton suggests that publishing’s “old world” business model doesn’t constitute dead weight, but rather a secret weapon.
With almost a full year’s worth of top 10 lists under its belt, the Loan Stars program is geared up to continue shining a spotlight on exciting new titles for library staff and their patrons.
This presentation reviews the findings from the Benetech accessibility evaluation pilot program, which are informing a certification process that will be widely adopted by the publishing industry.
Discover tactics and strategies you can bring back to your marketing, publicity, and sales teams to help them create influential conversations that will lead to recommendations and, ultimately, sales.
This workshop gives an overview of the JavaScript language: how it works, and core principles. We’ll also talk about what that means for the ebook reading experience, tips for implementation, and guidelines for usage.
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.
Think InDesign can’t provide quality ebook output? Think again. By applying certain rules, you can effectively eliminate the need for a separate workflow and leverage InDesign for all it’s worth.
Benjamin Young takes a look at some of the highlights from Tim Berners-Lee’s 1989 proposal “Information Management” and focuses them on the world of publishing.
As the publication of diverse books moves from “latest trend” to business priority, sales reps, marketers, and retailers need tools and strategies to effectively sell these books.