Winter. Boots. Slush. Dreams of warmer weather, hot conversation and exotic locations (like Toronto!).
Here’s a snapshot of what’s coming up in 2010 so you can mark your calendar (and buy your tickets) now.
Looking Ahead to 2010
HarperCollins Saves Trees with Online Catalogues
Images from BNC Tech Forum '09
We’ll be adding more photos to the BNC Flickr stream in the weeks to come…check out http://www.flickr.com/photos/36610927@N08/?donelayout=1 to get a taste of the day’s events.
No Country for Old Media: Why Technology Is Important to Small Publishers—BNC Tech Forum '09 Intern Report
Before I joined the BookNet gang as their wily intern, I was (and still am) a coordinating editor at a small literary press. Admittedly, I had seen the electronic book and the online world to some extent, a dystopian literary landscape composed entirely of celebrity scandal pics and text-message shout outs to various boo’s across the cyber-sphere.
I learned a lot. The BNC Technology Forum 2008 was a great conference and really opened my eyes to the possibilities of the future, and specifically how small presses have an incredible advantage right now. Publishers need to embrace the new mediums and prosper. In that vein, I’ve created a list of five things every small publisher should consider when evaluating their place in this brave new world.
Downloadable PPT of Michael Tamblyn's #BNC09 Tech Forum Talk
I awoke Saturday morning to a bunch of requests for this, so here it is. The Slideshare version has been updated to allow downloading (but only if you have Keynote). You can also grab a PowerPoint version here.
BNC Technology Forum: Twitter Style
Tor and Hachette to Speak at BNC Technology Forum 2009
RFID, Libraries, and Second Life
When Stephen Abrams came to the BookNet Canada Technology Forum 2008, he spoke about the popularity of Second Life Library. (Stephen’s slides and podcast here). It turns out Second Life isn’t just for people wanting to visit a virtual library—it’s also for researchers who want to be able to simulate library interactions between books, patrons and RFID technology in 3D space.
