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10:45am Tuesday, 02/10/2009
Authoring Challenges in a Multiplatform World
General
 Location: Empire-Hudson (7th Floor)
Scott Meyers (Independent Author and Consultant)
How should authors approach their task, given that what they produce may or may not appear in printed form, may or may not have color available, may or may not be able to display dynamic content, may or may not have Internet access available, and may be viewed on devices ranging from widescreen monitors to cell phones -- unless it's consumed as audio? Read more.
11:35am Tuesday, 02/10/2009
Bringing Sexy Back to The Book Party in the Digital Age
General
 Location: Broadway North (6th Floor)
Laurel Touby (mediabistro.com)
Remember the book party? It’s the one-night only, martini-fueled marketing tool publishers have used for decades as a platform for building buzz around a fresh new book. They’re seen as the lavish French kiss publishers give their authors before the long road of big book sales. There’s just one problem- they don’t work. Read more.
4:30pm Tuesday, 02/10/2009
Manifesto 2.0: What Does the Future Look Like for Publishers?
Keynote
 Location: Broadway North (6th Floor)
Sara Lloyd (Pan Macmillan)
Exploring a book publisher's manifesto for the twenty first century. Read more.
7:30pm Tuesday, 02/10/2009
Lightning Demos / Roundtables
Event
 Location: Broadway North (6th Floor)
Tuesday's evening events continue with Lightning Demos and Roundtables. Read more.
9:45am Wednesday, 02/11/2009
Reasons To Be Excited
Keynote
 Location: Broadway North (6th Floor)
Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
TBD Read more.
11:50am Wednesday, 02/11/2009
Challenging Notions of "Free"
General
 Location: Broadway South (6th Floor)
Brian O’Leary (Magellan Media), Mac Slocum (O'Reilly), Chelsea Vaughn (Random House)
As digital content has become more available and more commonly distributed in book publishing, fears of piracy and lost sales have grown. The rise of peer-to-peer file sharing sites has likely amplified these fears. While the debate over the impact of "free" content has been at times heated, the discussions are more often than not characterized by a lack of hard data. Read more.
5:00pm Wednesday, 02/11/2009
Good News from the Worst Writing Contest in the World
Keynote
 Location: Broadway North (6th Floor)
Chris Baty (NaNoWriMo)
National Novel Writing Month founder Chris Baty will talk about NaNoWriMo's improbable ten-year history and share some of the event's deeply hopeful signs for the publishing industry. Read more.
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