Evan Schnittman (Bloomsbury) talks about why bestsellers dominate ebook sales and why the longtail is a long way from a reality for ebooks.
tech forum
Learn about the different kinds of book recommendation engines are out there, how they work and what went into the creation of Discovereads
BookNet CEO Noah Genner presents BookNet Canada’s most recent consumer insights.
Robert Wheaton talks about some lightweight technologies that publishers should be watching.
Ashleigh Gardner (Wattpad) talks about how you can dominate the ebook market with better metadata.
Graham Bell (EDItEUR) gives a tour of the semantic web and shows the way linked data has begun to be used by libraries and the potential it holds for the book industry.
Erin Creasey runs a sales analysis workshop.
Self publishing and new opportunities in the book publishing sphere.
Beth Jefferson puts the spotlight on BiblioCommons.
Sarah Hilderley shares the best practices that can make content accessible to people with reading disabilities.
Liza Daly (Threepress Consulting) thinks about reading engines, digital book formats, and new opportunities.
Laura Hazard Owen gives us a feel for the e-single landscape. Learn about the major players so far, their business models, the products and the trends.