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Speculations on the Future of the Book at MIT Conference
The “Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the Book” conference held at MIT looked at forms the book might take, including DNA in a bacterium.
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MIP 2012: Big Data, Little Data and Angry Birds, Febreze and the Future of Reading
The Book Industry Study Group's annual Making Information Pay conference offered a program that outlined the broad nature of "Big Data"--specifically the ability to "tame vast amounts of data," how to manage it, and how it can help publishers run their business more efficiently.
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Webinar on Adapting Business Practices to Digital World Set for April 25
A webinar set for April 25 at 2 p.m. EDT will examine five business transformations publishers should make to keep pace with changes brought on by digital developments.
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Comics at SXSW 2012: Marvel, Symbolia and Round Table
While there seemed to be fewer presentations on comics at SXSW this year, there were a number of notable presentations, among them the launch of Marvel's digital comics line and a panel called, "How Comics Journalism is Saving Your Media."
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TOC Bologna: Digital Kids' Publishers Try to Chart the Path Ahead
On the eve of the 49th annual Bologna Children’s Book Fair, an international crowd of just under 400 turned out for the second Tools of Change Bologna, an espresso-fueled daylong conference held Sunday at the Palazzo dei Congressi, on the fairgrounds.
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SXSW 2012: We Came, We Listened, We Tried to Get the Shuttle
While SXSW attendance numbers have yet to be announced, there was little question that this year's Interactive event had ballooned. For those not staying within walking distance of the Convention Center and most of the panel and event venues travel proved difficult.
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Canadian Tech Forum Wrestles with The Challenges of E
BookNet Canada’s Technology Forum speakers take on the toughest problems of E, including pricing, discoverability and show-rooming, and offer some practical advice.
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SXSW 2012: New Publishing Models and the Rise of the Referral Economy
The sun came out and let people concentrate a bit more on SXSW rather than the seemingly overwhelmed shuttle service that has repeatedly stranded attendees at their hotels and screwed up more than a few schedules.
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BEA Webinar on Google+ Set for March 15
The next BEA webinar—Google+: Get on Board! Tips, Tactics and Applications for Publishers and Authors, Best Practices for the Book Industry, is set for March 15, from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm EST.
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SXSW 2012: What's Been Interesting...So Far
People at SXSW care about music. And movies. But the rumor coming out of the crowds at this year's festival is that it's all about Interactive.
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SXSW 2012: Mini TOC Kicks Off Rainy Show with BookShout and Mobile Content
Neither the pouring rain nor unseasonably chilly weather can put a damper on the opening of this year’s SXSW Interactive festival, which is being held from March 9-13 in Austin, Tex.
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SXSW 2012 Preview: What to See/Do/Attend In Austin
PW runs down what book-focused folks should check out at this year's festival of interactive ventures, music and film, which gets underway March 9.
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TOC 2012: LeVar Burton, Libraries and The Bookstore of the Future
O’Reilly Media’s Tools of Change conference returned to New York with a typical high profile slate focused on publishing innovation driven by technology and a new vision of just what publishing can mean.
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TOC 2012: Executive Roundtable Debates the Way Ahead
O’Reilly Media executives were hoping for a lively dialogue between panelists and the audience at the first-ever Tools of Change executive roundtable held at Random House's New York City headquarters Monday.
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Digital Book World 2012: All Our Coverage
All of our coverage of the 2012 Digital Book World Conference in one place.
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Digital Book World: New Retail Channels, The Library e-Book Wars and Bundling
The last day of Digital Book World wrapped up with a panel looking at efforts to create new retail channels for book content.
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Digital Book World: Now is the Best Time to Be an Author
During Digital Book World's panel on self-publishing, Who Dares Win Publshing's Bob Mayer said: "If you have good content, now is the best time to be a writer."
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Digital Book World: Consumers, Data and Analytics in the Digital Book Era
“Books today are elastic and dynamic,” said Hyperion president Ellen Archer on the CEO panel at Digital Book World. “No more just hardcover and softcover,” she said, “there are new ways to enhance books.”
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Wary but Determined, Publishers are Preparing for the Digital Future
According to Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey, who kicked off this year's Digital Book World conference, a survey conducted by Forrester in collaboration with DBW found that while 82% of publishers were optimistic about digital, the number was down from 89% last year.
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At ALA Midwinter, Librarians Hear Messages of “Empowerment”
When Molly Raphael became president of the American Library Association in 2011, she unveiled an agenda that focused on empowerment—and at the ALA 2012 Midwinter Meeting in Dallas, TX, “empowerment” has been an overarching theme.
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