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Joe Wikert

Joe Wikert
General Manager, O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Web site | @jwikert

Joe Wikert is a publishing executive with 20+ years of industry experience. He is currently General Manager of the OTX division, which publishes the storied “animal books,” at O’Reilly Media, Inc. Prior to joining O’Reilly he was a Vice President and Executive Publisher in the Professional/Trade division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and had management responsibility for the WROX and Sybex imprints. Since graduating from Purdue University with a degree in management and computer science, Joe has held a variety of sales and editorial positions in the publishing industry. He is also the author of seven books on programming languages and computer applications.

Joe regularly shares his publishing industry thoughts and outlook on his Publishing 2020 blog which can be found at www.JoeWikert.com as the proud owner of an Amazon Kindle, Joe also blogs about his e-book reader experience on www.Kindleville.com. He can be reached through his blogs or via e-mail at jwikert@gmail.com.

Sessions

1:40pm Tuesday, 02/10/2009
The Rise of eBooks
General
 Location: Broadway North (6th Floor)
Mark Coker (Smashwords, Inc.), Joe Wikert (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), April Hamilton (April Hamilton), David Rothman (TeleRead.org), Russell Wilcox (E Ink)
eBooks, written off just a few years ago as a massive failure, are on the rise again. According to the latest industry data, ebooks are the fastest growing segment in an otherwise stagnant trade book industry. This panel discussion, moderated by Mark Coker, will cover the latest trends in the ebook business and provide publishers with actionable strategies to profit from the rise of ebooks. Read more.
11:00am Wednesday, 02/11/2009
CEO Roundtable: The Changing Role of the Publisher
General
 Location: Broadway North (6th Floor)
Joe Wikert (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Clint Greenleaf (Greenleaf Book Group), Michael Hyatt (Thomas Nelson), Bob Young (Lulu.com), Eileen Gittins (Blurb)
The goal of this session is to talk about the evolving landscape of publishing and how the worlds of traditional publishers and self-publishers are converging. Author platform is more important than ever before. How do both types of publishers leverage this? What are each doing to help authors build their platforms? Read more.
Sponsors
  • Impelsys Inc.
  • Ingram Industries
  • oXygen XML Editor
  • Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • codeMantra
  • Connotate
  • DPCI
  • Innodata Isogen, Inc.
  • LibreDigital
  • Lulu
  • Malloy
  • Mark Logic
  • Media Services Group
  • Quark, Inc.
  • ReadHowYouWant
  • RSuite
  • Safari Books Online
  • Smashwords, Inc.
  • Sterling Commerce
  • Verso Digital

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