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London Book Fair

March 4, 2010 in General | No comments

I’m very pleased to be taking part in the London Book Fair’s third annual digital conference, Strategies for Transformation, which takes place at Earl’s Court on Sunday 18 April. I’m going to be chairing the final session, which is looking at the changes which digital introduces to publishing companies — and in particular how to move from innovating at the leading edge to making digital part of the core activity of a business. I’ll post again when the panellists for the session are confirmed, but in the meantime information on the conference is available here.

Then on the Wednesday of the Fair I’m going to be participating in a panel on some of the hot issues surrounding ebooks. It’s chaired by Laurence Kaye, and my fellow panellists are Richard Charkin of Bloomsbury and Peter Collingridge of Enhanced Editions.

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Blue Skies Conference

January 26, 2010 in General | 3 comments

I spent this morning at the Publishers Association’s Blue Skies and White Clouds: Ebook Strategies for 2010 and Beyond conference, which was full of extremely interesting views and opinions — some of which I’ve tried to summarise below.

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Blue Skies and White Clouds

January 7, 2010 in General | No comments

The Publishers Association will be hosting a discussion on ebooks on Tuesday 26th January, as part of the PA’s Digital Publishing Forum. Entitled Blue Skies and White Clouds: Ebook Strategies for 2010 and Beyond, it will explore what an open, flourishing ebook market might look like and how publishers, retailers and other partners can work together to enhance the customer experience. It’s being organised by colleagues of mine on the PA’s Digital Director’s Group.

This event is aimed at thought leaders in key stakeholder groups, including representatives of the author and agent communities; publishing directors with responsibility for strategy, legal, rights, IT and digital; and senior leaders in companies developing and selling digital services to the publishing industry.

Registration details are here.

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#intconf

December 10, 2009 in General | No comments

Thanks to my friends at the Publishers Association, I spoke this afternoon at their International Conference (#intconf on Twitter). I managed to forget to include the Shinseki quote, though it seemed to go well otherwise, and it was good to see many friends and colleagues in the room.

Several people were kind enough to ask for a copy of my Keynote deck, which can be downloaded here (PDF, 2MB).

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Start with XML

September 2, 2009 in General | No comments

I spent most of today at the British Library, at the Start with XML conference. The great value of the day was that the presentations articulated very clearly not only the significant cultural and organisational challenges in publishers moving to an XML-first production workflow, but also the benefits in terms of increased efficiency. It was also great to see a number of friends and colleagues, many of them presenting their experiences, and to end a very long but rewarding day by having dinner in the expert company of Mike Shatzkin, Ken Brooks and Andrew Savikas. I’ve come away with several dozen pages of notes, a number of interesting tools and services to investigate, and a head full of ideas. Having been on the go for eighteen hours, I feel exhausted on one level, but also hugely enthused and buzzing with the potential of it all.

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