Mac Slocum is the Online Managing Editor for O’Reilly. He frequently writes about the intersection of publishing, technology and the digital transition. He’s worked as an online editor/producer/writer at a variety of outlets and he’s taught Web journalism and technology courses at Emerson College in Boston. His fascination with publishing and technology started in college when he put the student newspaper online (fortunately, that early effort has been expunged from the Internet record). Mac holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of Richmond and a master’s in journalism from Emerson.

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Kassia Krozser has seen the future and it is good: more people are reading, writing, and publishing than ever before. Kassia consults with publishers about digital publishing opportunities at Oxford Media Works (OxfordMediaWorks.com), and writes about current digital publishing trends at booksquare.com.

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Kirk is a seasoned digital media professional specializing in web publishing systems, SEO strategies, and user experience. As principal of Oxford Media Works Kirk consults with clients on a range of issues related to web publishing and new media strategies. Kirk also contributes regular commentary on new media to Medialoper.com where he has written extensively about digital media technology and the consumer experience.

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A publishing veteran with 25 years of consulting, management and operational experience, Mr. O’Leary is founder and principal of Magellan Consulting Partners, whose clients include major media firms as well as smaller and not-for-profit entities with significant publishing and media commitments.

The firm’s practice areas include operational improvement, revenue development, market analysis and business planning. Work done by the firm most often results in both immediate and mid-term changes in processes, structures and in some cases technologies used to produce client content. For Magellan clients, Mr. O’Leary has also written several business plans to guide start-up and growth opportunities.

Prior to starting Magellan Media, Mr. O’Leary served as senior VP and associate publisher with Hammond Inc., an internationally recognized geographic reference publisher. Responsible for editorial content, database development, production and operations, Mr. O’Leary restructured editorial operations to benefit from the firm’s prior technology investments. He also substantially increased the pace of the company’s new-product development efforts.

Before Hammond, Mr. O’Leary directed operations at several of Time Inc.’s weekly magazines and was part of the team that launched Entertainment Weekly. He joined the firm in 1983, after earning an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. O’Leary also holds an A.B. in chemistry from Harvard College.

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Kat Meyer is a long time veteran of the book publishing industry whose background includes both editorial and marketing experience working a diverse array of regional and national trade and academic publishers, including: Harcourt Brace, Communication Skill Builders, the University of Arizona Press, Rio Nuevo Publishers, and the RGU Group.

Kat is currently Chief Content Wrangler of Next Chapter Communications, where she revels in two of her favorite past times: all things bookish and all things social media! When not wearing her Next Chapter hat, Kat can can be found: * on Twitter tweeting away with her bookish & social media marketing tweeps about all things bookish and social media * writing about the coolest new kids on the digital book block in her series “The Digitizers” over at TeleRead * Chatting with book bloggers, reviewers, and other friendly movers and shakers in the book community at NetGalley’s bookish blog, Follow the Reader * or just blogging away at her own blog, TheBookishDilettante about some things bookish and some things whatnot.

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