TOC Announcement
The Tools of Change site will be undergoing some reorganizing and streamlining over the next few weeks – the hopeful result of which will be a much better experience for the TOC community. Among the changes – we'll be shutting down the TOC Ning site on August 30. For those of you who have active blogs via the Ning site,…
The Tragic Death of Everything
Death makes for good headlines, and those of us in the publishing world have been reading a lot of headlines lately about the death of everything from print, to bookstores, to ereaders, to publishing itself. What up with all the declaring everything dead all the time?Recently over at the Technologizer, Harry McCracken has assembled a lovely list of all the…
Reminder: TOC 2011 RFP Open Until September 9, 2010
The O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, happening February 14-16, 2011 at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, is an inclusive meeting ground for exploring the options, a gathering place for collaboration, and an unparalleled opportunity for in-person inspiration. At TOC, stakeholders from across the book publishing and tech industries will share ideas, engage in lively debate, and…
TOC Frankfurt Program Update (with discount code)
TOC FrankfurtIf you missed the news last week, the program for TOC Frankfurt has been updated.TOC Frankfurt will feature a full day of cutting-edge keynotes and panel discussions by key figures in the worlds of publishing and technology. From mobile reading and social media to enhanced books and the impact of free content on your bottom line, our speakers will…
TOC Evolvers: WingedChariot Press
WingedChariot is a young publisher of international, multi-lingual picture books. Founded in 2005 as a print publisher, WingedChariot made launched into digital in 2009–and were the first paper publisher to bring out a picturebook on the iphone. Winged Chariot's founder Neal Hoskins, interviewed below will be presenting on app development and marketing October 5 at TOC Frankfurt. Why apps (as…
TOC Evolvers: OR Books
Publishing is like the weather: we all talk about it, but no one's doing anything to fix it. So we decided to give it a try.
Links of Interest
Another week comes to an end and once again I offer up items I've stumbled upon over the past few days — some are so-called news, others are more or less just stuff you might find interesting, but all are somehow or the other related to this thing we currently call publishing.Anthologize and "One Week, One Tool" The tool is…
#FollowReader: Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading
Note from the editor: #FollowReader is a weekly Twitter-based conversation focusing on topics of interest to the the book and reading community. Co-hosted by me (@KatMeyer), and Charlotte Abbott (@CharAbbott), and sponsored by NetGalley (@NetGalley), #FollowReader features guests from all over the book publishing world. In partnership with NetGalley, TOC will be cross-posting summaries of the weekly #FollowReader chats each…
TOC Call for Participation Now Open
The O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, happening February 14-16, 2011 at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, is an inclusive meeting ground for exploring the options, a gathering place for collaboration, and an unparalleled opportunity for in-person inspiration. At TOC, stake holders from across the book publishing and tech industries will share ideas, engage in lively debate,…
Notable Bookish/Techy News, Links and Tweets: (you know – a roundup)
Such a week. The prevailing theme this week was low, low prices! Yes, in a flurry of well-placed PR, Amazon took the e-reader pricing wars to new lows. Read all about it here.Also newsy, but receiving considerably less fanfare (or, at least far fewer national talk show appearances), SkyRiver filed an anti-trust suit against Online Computer Library Center.Some of my…