How do conversion architectures work, how do they apply to current and future book content models, and what can publishers be doing now to market and sell content in different ways? Brian O’Leary, founder and principal of Magellan Media Consulting and Tech Forum presenter, explains.
A tale of two cultures
As more and more publishing houses bring in talented digital employees, there’s a likely clash of cultures on the horizon. How can publishers with their rich history work alongside technologists and their history of “disrupting” everything? Designer and developer Derrick Schultz takes a look at the future of the people behind the books.
Bundle up! Your ebooks are getting cold
Registration is Open for Tech Forum and ebookcraft 2015
This week, registration opened for two great conferences in Toronto next March:
- Our annual Tech Forum event
- ebookcraft—now in its second year!—plus new optional workshops the day before ebookcraft
Our shiny new website is packed with more information, so go take a look—and save your spot while the early-bird pricing lasts!
Tech Forum 2015: Meet Our Keynote Speaker, and Call for Proposals
Official Unofficial Tech Forum Slide Awards 2014
Photo Scavenger Hunt Winners
Last week at Tech Forum and ebookcraft, we ran a photo scavenger hunt through our event app. There were a total of 31 challenges, and by the end of the events, we had over 700 photos to go through! Team ECW ran away with many of the top prizes - see what all of our winners walked away with in this post.
Tech Forum 2014 Wrap-up
Working for Your Data
Covering your Bases: 2014 Standards Implementation and Business Planning
This week’s guest blog post is from Christen Thomas, Executive Director of the Literary Press Group of Canada. At Tech Forum’s BookNet 101 event, she’ll be presenting on how to take new standards such as Thema and ONIX 3.0 into account while mapping out a business plan. She will also include copious sports metaphors. You’re up to bat, Christen!