As publishers increasingly see the information between the pages as content, business models feel the push to change to accommodate the new possibilities of delivery. The pricing debate, though the talk was about format, inherently had content at its core. So what happens when content unleashed from the printed page?
The Reader Perspective at Tools of Change + TF Updates
Next week is the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference in NYC. Sadly, this BookNetter won’t be attending, though two other BNC staffers will. Jealousy abounds. I’m particularly interested in the panels exploring the reader’s perspective…
EPUB and the iPad
Bookselling Innovation That Will Save the Industry
EBooks, eReaders and eBooksellers are all the rage in publishing reporting. Amazon announces that Christmas Day 2009 was the first Christmas where eBooks outsold their print counterparts. Kobo announces a new global strategy.
Upcoming Conferences for All Who Love Books & Tech, Tech & Books
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.
