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X-WR-CALNAME:O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference 2009
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:Expectnation
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20090209T120000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20090209T083000
DTSTAMP:20090221T005228
LOCATION:Broadway South (6th Floor)
URL:http://www.toccon.com/toc2009/public/schedule/detail/6708
UID:http://www.toccon.com/toc2009--s2009-02-09-08:30--6708
SUMMARY:eBooks I: Business Models and Strategy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Michael Smith (International Digital Publishing
  Forum), Kenneth Brooks (Cengage Learning), Leslie Hulse (HarperCollins 
 Publishers), Cynthia Cleto (Springer Science+Business Media). Get a comp
 rehensive overview of the basics of eBooks including business issues dri
 ving ePublishing, business characteristics, business models, areas of ex
 perimentation, challenges and trends. In association with the Internatio
 nal Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), we’ll consider each of these aspect
 s across Trade, Higher Education, Reference and STM Publishing.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20090209T170000
DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20090209T133000
DTSTAMP:20090209T201606
LOCATION:Chelsea-Gotham (7th Floor)
URL:http://www.toccon.com/toc2009/public/schedule/detail/6713
UID:http://www.toccon.com/toc2009--s2009-02-09-13:30--6713
SUMMARY:Understanding and Profiting from Print On Demand
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Ashley Gordon (Mockingbird Publishing). Print o
 n demand (POD) can counter rising costs and inefficiencies, but publishe
 rs shouldn't view it as the cure to all their ills. In this session we'l
 l take a realistic look at POD technology, business models, strengths an
 d weaknesses, and innovative uses.
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DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20090211T153500
DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20090211T145000
DTSTAMP:20090215T013027
LOCATION:Empire-Hudson (7th Floor)
URL:http://www.toccon.com/toc2009/public/schedule/detail/5338
UID:http://www.toccon.com/toc2009--s2009-02-11-14:50--5338
SUMMARY:Speaking the Same Language: Universal Technology Standards in Pu
 blishing and Bookselling
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Kevin Smokler (Booktour.com), Otis  Chandler (G
 oodreads.com), Tim Spalding (LibraryThing), Kirk Biglione (Oxford Media 
 Works), Colette Vogele (Vogele & Associates). Increasingly the publicity
  and operations of the book business involve the movement of data as muc
 h as physical product. This talk discusses the use of universal technica
 l standards for all stages of the publishing supply chain, particularly 
 for publishing professionals who have no idea what universal standards a
 re.
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