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W3C Holds First Post-Merger Publishing Summit
In its first publishing conference since absorbing the International Digital Publishing Forum, developer of the ePUB e-book format, earlier this year, the W3C will examine how web technologies are shaping the future of publishing.
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BISG's Making Information Pay Highlights Print, Audiobook Resurgence
At the Book Industry Study Group's Making Information Pay conference NPD BookScan revealed that in 2016 hardcovers outsold e-books for the first time in five years, while audiobooks now account for $1.77 billion in sales.
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PubTechConnect: Innovators from Goodreads, Cadillac, and the ‘New York Times,’ Join the Lineup
The conference is fast approaching and there have been a few late additions to the stellar lineup of presenters sharing new and disruptive business ideas from the tech industry.
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PubTech Connect: Meet the Presenters
The PubTech Connect conferences features a stellar lineup of tech industry leaders. Here are interviews and articles about them.
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PubTech Connect: Meet Lindsey Pollak, Millennial Workforce Expert
Lindsey Pollak turned her love of advising young people into a career as a super-powered speaker and consultant on millennials in the workforce.
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PubTech Connect: Meet the Innovators, Change-Makers Who Shake Up the Mold
George Baier IV of Dropbox, Hillary Kerr of Clique, and Joanna Lord of ClassPass are professional change-agents.
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PubTech Connect: Meet Jay Lauf of Atlantic Media and Sam Olstein of GE, Pioneers Who Revitalize Legacy Brands
Through disruptive thinking, Jay Lauf and Sam Olstein have taken two of America's oldest brands to the forefront of media
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PubTech Connect: Meet Five Digital Power Players Who Know How To Reach New Audiences
Top Execs from Time Inc., HarperCollins, Mailchimp, Wired, and Vice will share the secrets of global brand growth at PTC.
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PubTech Connect: Meet Internet Visionary Jim Bankoff, CEO of Vox Media and Keynote Speaker
Jim Bankoff turned Vox into a content juggernaut, a purpose-built digital media company; at PubTech Connect, he’ll discuss what it takes to build the media company of the future
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PubTech Connect: Digital Giants Sree Sreenivasan and Kinsey Wilson Talk Tech in Opening Keynote
Sree Sreenivasan and Kinsey Wilson, two titans of digital media, are revolutionizing New York City and the ‘New York Times’ for the digital age
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PubTech Connect: Meet Kathryn Minshew, Sage of the Millennial Workforce
Co-founder and CEO of The Muse, Kathryn Minshew knows what today’s young workers are looking for in their careers, and what companies need to do to attract the best of them.
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PubTech Connect: Meet Ian Schafer, Digital Advertising Wiz
Ian Schafer, founder and chairman of Deep Focus, the innovative, digitally-led advertising agency, knows how to help brands sell themselves on screens.
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Rethinking the Publishing Conference Model
Why book publishing needs more and better-structured educational content.
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ALA 2016 Kicks Off in Orlando
The 2016 American Library Association Annual Conference officially kicks off today in Orlando, with a keynote by author and public intellectual Michael Eric Dyson.
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London Book Fair 2016: What If Books Could Write Themselves?
On Tuesday, in the first session in the London Book Fair's Interactive Theater, Guy Gadney, CEO and Founder of To Play For, said technology is beginning to emerge that will "create a new publishing form."
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London Book Fair 2016: Librarians Respond to Hachette CEO's IPA Speech
The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) is pushing back against Hachette CEO Arnaud Nourry's suggestion that proposed "vast exceptions to copyright law for libraries," would devastate European publishers.
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Anderson Cooper Delights Librarians at 2016 PLA Conference Opener
In a packed auditorium, Cooper talked about the book he co-wrote with his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, out this week.
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ALA 2016 Midwinter Meeting: Ken Burns Talks About the Creative Process
In a fascinating talk, Ken Burns, Terry Tempest Williams, and Mark Kurlansky delved deep into the creative process.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: At Opening, Salman Rushdie Defends Free Speech
Amid tight security, author Salman Rushdie told reporters that the publishing world must continue to defend free speech.
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ALA 2015: Graphic Novels Mark Diversity, Push Boundaries
Graphic novels had their biggest presence ever at ALA 2015, with panels showcasing diversity in comics, appearances by acclaimed artists, and programming that addressed the rising threat of censorship.