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Ben Vershbow
Editorial Director, New York Public Library

Ben Vershbow works on digital publications and online reading interfaces at the New York Public Library. Before coming to NYPL, Ben spent over three years at the Institute for the Future of the Book, a small Brooklyn-based think tank dedicated to exploring the future of reading, writing and publishing in the digital age. At the Institute, Ben collaborated with authors on a series of “networked book” experiments investigating new methods for writing and building community around web-based texts.

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11:35am Tuesday, 02/10/2009

Building a Better Web-based Book

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Location: Broadway South (6th Floor)

CJ Rayhill (Safari Books Online), Travis Alber (ReadSocial and BookGlutton), Aaron Miller (ReadSocial), Liza Daly (Threepress Consulting Inc.), Ben Vershbow (New York Public Library), Dave Gray (XPLANE)

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Developing a digital reading interface raises social, aesthetic and technical challenges. Panelists in this session will talk about interface development (web-based vs. client-based), technical decisions, community requirements and intellectual property issues. Read more.

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Ben Vershbow Editorial Director, New York Public Library