As we have been reviewing, the main Digital Book World agenda (March 8 and 9) is packed with straight-from-the-headlines keynoters and strategic panels, but we also have our biggest introductory “Day Zero” programming on March 7 as well. And now there are registration options for the time-challenged to buy tickets to Day Zero alone (or Day Zero plus DBW Day One packages). When we first started Launch Kids five years ago it wasn’t only the first digital show focused on children’s publishing, it was the first US show devoted to children’s publishing professionals of any kind. Just like the main […]
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Headlines and Headliners
Next month’s Digital Book World — March 8 and 9 — will feature many current headline-making stories on the main stage. As the tech world wrestles with “The Elephant in the Valley” survey on bias against women (an issue that will carryover to SXSW later in March), we’ll have a panel on Women at the Intersection of Publishing, Finance and Tech with Sourcebooks ceo Dominique Raccah, NetGalley president Susan Ruszala, entrepreneur and banker Joanna Herman, Penguin digital product manager Katherine McCahill, and consultant and journalist Charlotte Abbott. Plus we have Mary Ann Naples — just hired as Disney Book Group publisher — giving one of the Transformation […]
Coming Soon: New Data at DBW, and More
Our big seventh-annual Digital Book World is just three weeks away, with the main conference on March 8 and 9 — after our biggest-yet “Day Zero” roster on March 7 featuring the all-day Launch Kids, the brand-new four Mostly Marketing Masterclasses (with Pete McCarthy, Kelly Gallagher, Annie Cushing, and Tom Thompson), the also-new Nielsen half-day conference, and the return of some DBW Workshop favorites. Data is in the spotlight even more than usual this year, as we feature the first-known stage appearance of “Data Guy,” the controversial analyst behind the ongoing Author Earnings reports. To be clear, Data Guy’s DBW presentation […]
The Last Day for the Best Prices for Digital Book World
As noted before, if Digital Book World is on your calendar for next month (March 7 – 9, at the Hilton in NYC), make sure to lock in your tickets today before the last main price break expires tonight. Use our special PL registration link to save literally hundreds of dollars off the posted individual ticket prices. With our biggest “Day Zero” line-up yet, the value-packed Total Access Pass gets you three full days of programming — starting with your choice of the always-rich Launch Kids (the country’s leading show just for children’s publishers, now author keynoter Jenny Han); the brand-new Mostly Marketing Masterclasses, […]
From Headlines to Expert Sessions: Lock In The Early DBW Prices
As we have noting, your best chance to save money on the upcoming Digital Book World in NYC (March 7 – 9) expires on Monday — and please use our special PL registration link to save literally hundreds of dollars off the posted individual ticket prices. Conference chair Mike Shatzkin explains how recent headline-making stories tie directly in to featured speakers and sessions in a blog post, and Launch Kids chair Lorraine Shanley covers some of the highlights of our fifth annual full-day children’s publishing conference. And Total Access Pass buyers will get to choose from among our biggest “Day Zero” […]
The Week to Save for Digital Book World
As noted recently, the big rescheduled Digital Book World Conference is a little more than a month away, set for March 7 – 9 in New York City — which makes this the best week to lock in your tickets before the prices go up. As always, use our special PL registration link to save literally hundreds of dollars off the posted individual ticket prices (with the best available discount). We told you this year will offer our biggest “Day Zero” programming yet for Total Access Pass holders — and that roster just got bigger with the posting of the […]