Schedule: Roundtable sessions
Location: Columbia -Duffy (7th Floor)
Moderated by : David Wilk
Come join us as we examine and debate elements of Sara Lloyd's "A Book Publisher's Manifesto for the 21st Century."
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Location: Chelsea-Gotham (7th Floor)
Moderated by : Christina Katz
What are basic elements of an author's platform that need to be in place prior to a book's launch? Based on her book, GET KNOWN BEFORE THE BOOK DEAL, Christina Katz will cover the steps every author must take in order to lay a solid platform foundation and then open up the discussion to address challenges, strategies, and how publishers and technology can help.
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Location: Shubert
Moderated by : Scott Meyers
A companion to Scott Meyers' talk of the same name, this roundtable is for people interested in the challenges authors face in writing manuscripts designed for publication in print, electronic, and in audio forms. Topics aren't limited to those in Scott's talk, and everyone is welcome, regardless of whether they attended Scott's presentation.
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Location: Empire-Hudson (7th Floor)
Moderated by : Ann Michael
The hardest part of implementing a publishing system is not the technology. It’s the people! Explore a holistic approach to managing change in a publishing environment. Discuss how to identify and overcome change resistance regardless of its source. Consider how to manage the competing needs of different departments. Learn from others’ experiences, both the triumphs and the failures.
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Location: Harlem (7th Floor)
Moderated by : Todd Carpenter
Standards impact publishing in a variety of ways, from content formats such as .epub, NLM DTD, and other XML styles; to identifiers for content and subscribers, to interoperability, metadata, search and authentication. There is a variety of ongoing work at the national and international levels that will impact-hopefully improve-the publishing community. This roundtable will explore these projects.
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Location: Columbia -Duffy (7th Floor)
Moderated by : Fraser Kelton
The web is vast. Are you leveraging the distributed nature of the web to drive more sales? Traditionally, online book communities have been viewed as tools to market and promote books. This roundtable will explore a few case-studies on how to turn these distributed communities into direct sales channels, driving book sales.
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Location: Shubert
Moderated by : Joseph Bachana
This roundtable will be focused on reviewing what companies are doing today with regard to digital asset management, web content management, XML repositories, natural language processing tools, and multi-channel/mashup applications. The hope with this session will be to cut past the hypothetical and get more into the real-life scenarios for implementing a next-generation content platform.
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Location: Chelsea-Gotham (7th Floor)
Moderated by : Kathy Shannon
With a mandate to implement XML, and content management across your organization, how do you develop a strategies for a successful initiative? And what are the pitfalls that detract from success?
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Location: Empire-Hudson (7th Floor)
Moderated by : Sameer Shariff
As the Internet permeates the publishing industry, the traditional publishing model has been turned on its side. This roundtable provides a platform for discussion on challenges faced by publishers in digital publishing and the evolving trends and business models.
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