| 8:00 - 8:30 am * |
Registration and Continental
Breakfast |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 am * |
Welcome to the eBook
Revolution |
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Our opening session will include greetings from
the leadership of the International Digital Publishing Forum and
Chairmen for Digital Book 2010. This introductory session with
review a many notable eBook events of the past year and the
impact of the IDPF EPUB standard in the market. The welcome will
also include a review for the format for the day’s sessions and
workshops. Learn how every attendee can plan to learn from about
business, technical, production, and related digital book and
content issues while networking with many industry leaders. |
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George Kerscher:
IDPF President, DAISY
Consortium, Secretary General |
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Garth Conboy:
IDPF Chairman; eBook Technologies, Inc., President |
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Michael Smith:
IDPF, Executive Director |
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Steve Potash:
Conference Moderator, OverDrive, CEO |
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| 9:00 - 9:45 am * |
The Global Digital Book
Community: Success Stories from Around the World |
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eBooks are providing publishers, booksellers,
device manufacturers, data carriers and many entrepreneurs from
all corners of the globe with innovative ways to connect readers
with the materials they seek to read and enjoy. Listen to a
select group of digital book leaders demonstrate the
international success eBooks and the IDPF EPUB standard is
enjoying on screens large and small, near and far. |
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Tyler Ruse:
LibreDigital, Sr.
Director, Solution Consulting |
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Daihei
Shiohama: Voyager Japan, Head of International Business |
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Michael Tamblyn:
Kobo, Inc., EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising |
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| 9:45 - 10:30 am * |
Taking the “Agency Model” Out
for a Spin: New eBook Rules of the Road for Publishers |
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Major American trade publishers have adopted new
“Agency Model” terms of sale for their eBooks by retailers and
other booksellers. What created this change in the market and
how the Agency Model differs from “eBook wholesale terms” will
be discussed by leading digital distributors and eBook
resellers. You will learn about the new eCommerce requirements
to resell Agency Model eBooks. Learn about how eBook resellers
and digital book distributors are adapting to this evolving
business model. |
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Erica Lazzaro:
OverDrive, Inc, General Counsel |
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Bob LiVolsi:
BooksOnBoard, President & CEO |
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Andrew Weinstein:
Vice President & General
Manager, Retail Solutions Ingram Content Group |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 am * |
Networking
Break |
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| 11:00am - 12:30 pm * |
Workshop Sessions: Two Simultaneous Tracks to
choose from |
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Track 1: EPUB
Production |
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| 11:00am - 11:45 am * |
EPUB Boot Camp: Learn How to
Produce eBooks in the Industry Standard |
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EPUB is the open standard for eBooks that
provides your titles and content access to hundreds of reading
devices, software programs and apps. This workshop will provide
the hands-on steps and programs to get started utilizing the
IDPF file format that is the industry standard. You do not need
to be an XML expert of technical guru to get started with
preparing your titles to use EPUB and taking advantage of the
outlets looking for your EPUB titles.
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Garth
Conboy:
eBook Technologies, Inc.,
President |
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James McFarlane:
Easypress Technologies, CEO |
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| 11:45am - 12:30 pm * |
Advanced EPUB Best Practices:
Updates from the eBook Frontlines |
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EPUB is an open set of file and technical
standards that accommodate a wide range of publishing materials
including support for complex layout and design. EPUB also
supports customization that can transform your eBook title into
much more than an electronic version of the printed page. This
workshop will provide information on how experts are using the
IDPF industry standard to create complex layout and design
eBooks plus extend their titles to connect with the Web and
utilize multimedia within their titles.
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Jan
Palmen: Innodata Isogen, Senior Vice President of Publishing Services |
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Nick Bogaty:
Adobe, Sr. Business
Development Manager |
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Eric
Freese:
Aptara,
Solutions
Architect |
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Track 2: eBook
Sales and Marketing |
| 11:00 - 11:45 am * |
Promote & Sell |
| 8:00 - 8:45 am |
Every week new online booksellers and other
retailers are seeking to add eBooks as a new category of digital
media product they want to sell their customers. Consumer device
manufacturers are also announcing a series of new eBookstores
using apps built into their eReading devices and Smartphones.
This workshop will provide information from leading EPUB
distributors on how to grow your eBook sales by getting your
titles into the catalogs of online eBookstores and distributors
promoting eBook sales into institutions such as libraries,
schools, and corporate knowledge centers.
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Margaret Harrison:
OverDrive,
Inc., Publisher Relations |
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Andrew Weinstein:
Ingram Content Group, Vice
President & General Manager, Retail Solutions |
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| 11:45am - 12:30 pm * |
The New Editor/Author
Relationship: Think Digital First & Create Powerful eBooks |
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eBooks are an important source of revenue for
all authors and publishers. This workshop will share issues and
practices used by authors and publishers to maximize the
opportunities to leverage the eBook edition from the early parts
of the process. This open forum session invites all publishers
and authors to bring their questions and concerns. Learn how to
make the most of the process and develop eBooks that compliment
the print and online campaigns to promote the success of your
titles. |
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Malle
Vallik: Harlequin
Enterprises, Ltd., Director Digital Content & Social Media |
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Jim Abar:
PreMedia Global Creative Services, Editorial Director |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 pm * |
LUNCH BREAK |
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| 1:30 - 2:15 pm * |
EPUB Enhanced, Interactive &
Connected |
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eBook content authored in the IDPF EPUB standard
is not limited to text and images. Publishers and developers are
integrating into EPUB titles audio, video, animation, and a
growing array of interactive educational content. This session
will include updates to the EPUB standard and how readers will
interact with eBooks utilized enhancements that take titles far
beyond what print could ever offer. |
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Peter Brantley (Moderator):
Internet Archive,
Director of BookServer Project |
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Garth
Conboy:
eBook Technologies, Inc.,
President |
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Liza Daly:
Threepress Consulting,
President |
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| 2:15 - 3:00 pm * |
Predictions for IDPF Digital
Book 2011 and Beyond (devices, apps, and platforms) |
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While Kindle, Sony Reader, Nook, iPhones, and
iPad have brought eBook reading to the forefront of the consumer
electronics world this year, hundreds of new devices, business
models, and supply channels will be competing for their share of
the billion dollar book market next year. These will include
next generation Smartphones, netbooks, tablets, and other media
devices and innovations in screen, battery, and access models.
This session will present a few new entries competing for
eReading consumers and why they believe their platforms and
products will be in the winning column for 2011 and beyond. |
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Matt Shatz:
Nokia, Head of Content
Relations, Entertainment SGA |
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Corey
Podolsky: Vice President
of Strategic Partnerships for enTourage Systems Inc |
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Peter Balis:
John Wiley & Sons, Director, Digital Content Sales |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 pm * |
Networking
Break |
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| 3:30 - 4:15 pm * |
Digital Magazines &
Newspapers: New Models for Ad-Supported Publications |
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Many new eReading products are providing larger
screens and formats that are providing attractive options for
daily news and periodicals for electronic reading. This session
will provide an update on devices and content and how newspaper,
magazine and digital newsstand operators are extending their
publications to become interactive, customized, and the business
models for advertising that will drive their growth. |
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Kiliaen Van Rensselaer:
Skiff, Chief Marketing Officer |
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Jeanniey
Mullen:
Zinio, Chief Marketing Officer |
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| 4:15 - 5:00 pm * |
DRM Update and Copyright
Protection in the Market |
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Copyright protection utilizing DRM remains a
requirement for many publishers, authors, and categories for
both fiction and non-fiction eBook materials. On the other end
of the spectrum publishers and authors are also experiencing
market growth and success by offering DRM-free titles. This
session will provide an update on new business models and issues
involving copyright protection for digital book titles in the
channels. |
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Stephan Thomsen:
Attributor,
General Manager |
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Ronald
Schild: MVB Marketing, CEO |
