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Joshua Tallent (eBook Architects),
Phil Frank (Hendrickson Publishers)
The number of eBook devices and reading applications is growing larger monthly. That can make it difficult to know how to format your eBooks in a way that works well across the board. We will cover the ins and outs of creating good-looking eBooks that work well on all the major platforms, including the Kindle, Sony Reader, Stanza on the iPhone, Adobe Digital Editions, and the Barnes & Noble nook.
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Adam Witwer (O'Reilly Media, Inc.),
Keith Fahlgren (Threepress Consulting Inc.)
In this time of growing, distributed teams, multiple versions, vendors, and formats, and digital sales, it has never been more important for publishers to actively manage their manuscripts as they move from author to production to post-production phases. This workshop will provide you with a concrete understanding of why digital files should be actively managed.
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Hadrien Gardeur (Feedbooks),
Keith Fahlgren (Threepress Consulting Inc.),
Liza Daly (Threepress Consulting Inc.)
Discover an open standard for ebooks distribution on mobile devices.
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Bill Kasdorf (Apex Content Solutions),
Daniel Pitti (University of Virginia),
Brad Inman (Vook),
Peter B. Kaufman (Intelligent Television)
Publishing isn't just about text and tiffs anymore. This tutorial will help you get a handle on the emerging standards and best practices for rich media: the file formats, metadata, and semantics that enable you to create intelligent images, audio, and video. The speakers will focus on significant, real-world projects in all areas that are paving the way to our rich media future.
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We're kicking off the conference with a no-host cocktail reception Monday evening on the 8th floor in the Atrium Lounge.
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Roundtable sessions provide face to face exposure to those interested in the same projects and concepts. Roundtables can be organized for individual projects or broader topics (best practices, digital content, standards). Roundtables are entirely up to you. We post your topic online and onsite and provide the space and time. You provide the engaging topic.
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Peter Collingridge (Enhanced Editions)
Enhanced Editions was set up with the idea of tailor making ebooks for the iPhone. The first title was Nick Cave's Bunny Munro, followed by David Simon, creator of The Wire. Co-founder (and publishing native) Peter Collingridge explains who and what was involved, and the lessons learned along the way.
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William Patry (Google, Inc. )
Industries who rely on copyright laws face a number of problems caused by by the disaggregation of their works (think CDs and newspapers) as well as the problems caused by the disintermediation of distribution chains. These problems are not, however, legal problems, but rather market problems, and they can only be solved by responding to market demands.
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Skip Prichard (Ingram Content Group Inc.)
The rapid pace of technology and its adoption by users has increased exponentially in the last few years. At the first O’Reilly TOC conference in June 2007, the Kindle was still on the horizon and mobile apps were just beginning to create buzz in the market.
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Sameer Shariff (iPublishCentral)
The rising popularity of the web has changed the dynamics of the way businesses function. Business models that were once thought to be purely built on b2b relationships are experiencing the rapid transition to one that is more directly consumer oriented.
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Arianna Huffington (The Huffington Post)
We hear it all the time: newspapers are dying, magazines are dying, book publishing is dying. But, like Mark Twain’s demise, these gloom and doom pronouncements are greatly exaggerated. The online explosion has actually created a renaissance in reading. Publishers just need to find new and innovative ways to reach these digitally-focused eyeballs.
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Marcus Woodburn (Ingram Content Group Inc.),
Kristi Gillis (Ingram Content Group Inc. )
For many publishers the addition of a digital distribution model is complex and challenging with as many roadblocks as opportunities. The benefits of reaching new audiences through new distribution channels are weighed against complex jargon-ridden technologies, concerns over rights management, and copyright theft, as well as the logistics and costs associated with a complex digital strategy.
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Liza Daly (Threepress Consulting Inc.),
Keith Fahlgren (Threepress Consulting Inc.)
Forrester Research expects ereader sales to double in 2010. What choices are consumers being given today? This session will get you up to speed on what's come out in the last year and how and where consumers will be using the devices.
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Sarah Wendell (Smart Bitches, Trashy Books LLC),
Malle Vallik (Harlequin Enterprises Ltd),
Kate Dugan (Sony USA)
In the summer of 2009, a romance weblog collaborated with Sony and Harlequin LTD to place 30 Sony Readers into the hands of 30 novice ebook readers. Sarah Wendell, from Smart Bitches, Malle Vallik, Director of Digital Content for Harlequin, and Kate S. Dugan, Marketing Manager for the Sony Reader in the US and Canada, will share the key lessons learned from the experience.
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James Cathey (Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. )
Just as iPods changed how music is delivered and consumed, eReaders will have a similar effect on the written word. The largest differentiator in this market is the device's display which determines what kinds of content you can share as well as how long the device is powered. Technology must extend the life of content for publishers of color magazines, books, and newspapers.
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If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you were only allotted 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Would you pitch a project? Introduce a service? Teach a hack? We're going to find out when we try our first Ignite event at TOC 2010.
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Brewster Kahle (Internet Archive)
The widespread success of digital reading devices has proven that the world is ready to read books on screens. While the BookServer system is still in development by many players, this talk will demonstrate pieces working and discuss how it works.
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James Cathey (Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. )
As the hottest devices of 2010, eReader display technology is providing the means for publishers to deliver color images, a glossy magazine experience, and video content. The most dynamic display technology will allow publishers to seek out new revenue streams and provide users with an unparalleled media experience.
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Jeff Gomez (Starlight Runner Entertainment)
In this keynote seminar Jeff Gomez, CEO of Starlight Runner and one of the world’s leading producers of global transmedia properties, will lay the groundwork toward developing methods, tools and business models that will generate new paradigms for publishers large and small.
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Have a drink and mingle with fellow TOC participants and visit with sponsors during this informal evening event.
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Ray Kurzweil (Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.),
Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
Our evening keynote will be a conversation between Ray Kurzweil, creator of the Blio e-reader, and Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media.
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Roundtable sessions provide face to face exposure to those interested in the same projects and concepts. Roundtables can be organized for individual projects or broader topics (best practices, digital content, standards). Roundtables are entirely up to you. We post your topic online and onsite and provide the space and time. You provide the engaging topic.
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Peter Costanzo (The Perseus Books Group),
Rick Joyce (Perseus Books Group)
...because they haven't been asked like this before. The results of a survey of the current state of digital among independent publishers that aims to understand what they are actually doing, their highest priorities, and what their biggest unmet needs are, in this tipping point moment for publishing and digital.
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D.C. Denison (The Boston Globe)
Websites are commonly used to promote books, but ebooks enable a deeper integration between an ebook and the Internet. This 45-minute talk will examine one ebook/website project that attempts to push new levels of interactivity between ebook formats and the Web. Focus will be on both minimally connected devices (Kindle), and more Internet aware platforms (iPhone ereaders).
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Peter Meyers (A New Kind of Book)
Tired of vague talk about how digital books are gonna do things that aren’t possible in print? Pull up your chair and listen to 10 specific, ready-to-implement, digital book-enhancing features for publishers of all stripes.
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Scott Sigler (Dark Øverlord Media)
Scott Sigler started giving away free podcast novels in 2005. He built an audience that landed him a five-book deal with Crown Publishing and soon hit the New York Times best-seller list. Scott skipped print-on-demand and instead started his own small press that sold out a 3,000-copy hardcover print run. Selling directly, he makes ten times more per unit than he makes from standard royalties.
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Frances Pinter (Bloomsbury Academic)
This keynote looks at how the ‘long form publication’ (historically known as the book) could be funded in order to make the most of the ‘free at point of use’ opportunities of the Internet.
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Anthony Antolino (COPIA)
What influences consumers to purchase digital content? How does community impact recurring revenue? How does the consumer experience impact purchasing decisions?
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Ramy Habeeb (Kotobarabia)
An examination of the state of epublishing in the Arab World with a close look at the obstacles preventing the growth of the field, specifically the lack of organization and the lack of standardized numbering such as ISBNs. Additional challenges are the ambiguous laws regarding copyrights. This presentation will look at these challenges and potential solutions.
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Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media, Inc.)
In this talk, Tim O'Reilly will outline some of the key competencies in distribution, marketing and sales that are required of publishers in the ebook era.
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