Patrick Brown (Goodreads) will discuss lessons learned in the community building business, including what role publishers can play in online discussions.
tech forum
How consumers buy continues to evolve. Consumers have never been so powerful, and they’ve never been so connected.
It seems like everyday a new digital tool is created for the book industry. This panel looks at three of the most significant: ecatalogues, egalleys and video.
How will current business models, organizational structures and job descriptions change to meet the demands of a new way of doing business?
In this interactive session, we examine the explosive growth of enhanced e-books and book apps and the new storytelling techniques now available.
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.
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.
As publishers get deeper into digital, accessible data is not a niche but an imperative.
Dominique Raccah (Sourcebooks) guides you to transform your publishing company through innovation and digital entrepreneurship.
Jon Ingold discusses what games are, why they work, and what makes for a good one. Watch this video to learn how gaming can help publishers (and other players) bring their content to the market.