What are the important topics to discuss today concerning publishing and digital change? I think we’ve got most of them covered at Publishers Launch BEA, the one-day conference we’ll stage at the Javits Center next Monday, June 4. Our all-day event has sixteen distinct presentations and panels. There may be a topic of interest to […]
We’re getting SaaS-y, going Hollywood, and starting to plan Digital Book World 2013
It is hard to believe that we’re starting to plan the fourth annual Digital Book World conference, which will be held January 16-17, 2013 at the Hilton in New York City. But we are. The first DBW was held in 2010. Planning for it began the June before when David Nussbaum and Sara Domville of […]
Publishers Launch Frankfurt will focus on data and retailers that every publisher needs to know
Our Publishers Launch Conferences venture is doing two shows in Frankfurt: a full-day “eBooks Around the World” program on Monday, October 10 and our first conference dedicated to children’s book publishing, “Children’s Publishing Goes Digital”, which will be a half-day program on Tuesday, October 11. We’ve enlisted the capable help of Lorraine Shanley of Market […]
From some perspectives, we are tipping right now and publishers’ metrics will show it
Sometimes, and it would seem quite often these days, the future comes faster than you expected it. Followers of this blog, and of my speeches before there was a blog (this one’s from 2001!), know I’ve long been expecting ebook reading to supplant print book reading for many people. I’ve been wrong about the timing. […]
It isn’t wise to draw lines in the sand that ultimately can’t be defended
Apologies in advance for a much-longer-than-usual post. It is not like the publishers haven’t seen the ebook royalty fight coming. On a panel he and I were on together in March of 2009, John Sargent, the Chairman and CEO of Macmillan, identified ebook margins as the critical issue for publishers going forward. Even though ebook […]
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