By next year (if not by now already) more than half of all books will be purchased online in the US rather than in physical stores, and Amazon executive Russ Grandinetti told the audience at Publishers Launch Frankfurt that the UK is only another year away — and he believes the same trend is “not more than three years” away for most of “the rest of Europe.” (At the same time, however, Bowker US survey data for the first half of 2013 actually shows online sales actually declining by a few percentage points, for the first time — though that […]
Book Fairs
First and Last
For last-minute planners headed to the Frankfurt Book Fair, you can still enroll for what promises to be a very interesting Publishers Launch conference on Tuesday (from 8:30 to 2:00). And you can still use our code PL13PartnerMC20 to save 20 percent on registration. We have newsmakers Trip Adler of Scribd; Charlie Redmayne of HarperCollins UK; Russ Grandinetti of Amazon; Jonathan Nowell of Nielsen Book; Alan Lau of Wattpad; and Otis Chandler of Goodreads — plus Ken Brooks, Rebecca Smart, Marcus Leaver, Micah Bowers, Octavio Kulesz and a panel on Germany’s emergence as the new market to go digital, with a closing […]
Talk About Timely: Newsmakers and Leaders, Up Close
Our big Publishers Launch Frankfurt conference is just a week away, on Tuesday, October 8 — presented in cooperation with The Frankfurt Academy — and will stand as the fair’s premier publishing and digital strategy event with a series of timely, newsmaking and accomplished speakers. Scribd’s new ebook subscription service is in the news today, and Scribd ceo Trip Adler is on our stage next week talking about it. Among other maturing new players, Wattpad made news for their publishing line with Sourcebooks and Goodreads has drawn headlines for trying to limit members and authors attacking each other on the site, and their […]
Ready for Discovery
We are all set for a great full-day conference tomorrow on Modern Book Marketing: Tools, Techniques and Services. As always happens with our New York shows, we’re getting a lot of late enrollments — so if you have been meaning to join us, make sure to claim your place now. More than just a collection of ideas and panels. Digital marketing strategist Peter McCarthy, along with Publishers Launch Conferences partner Mike Shatzkin and the team at Digital Book World, will present a structured curriculum of tested techniques, tools and best practices to guide successful digital book marketing and discovery. The full program also […]
Bigger and Broader, Digital Book World 2014
The big fifth annual Digital Book World Conference has officially opened for registration, convening at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City January 13 – 15, 2014. DBW now stands alone as largest book publishing conference focused on the digital transition worldwide. Back with a broader view than ever, DBW 2014 will expand to incorporate new tracks on change management; marketing and discover; new business models, startups and technology; and academic and scholarly publishing; while continuing to examine digital change in children’s publishing as part of the partnership with Publishers Launch Conferences. DBW 2014 will feature more executives and thought-leaders […]
Solutions Just for Digital Editorial; Rights, Permissions & Royalties; and Digital Distribution
The real business of the digital transition isn’t so much the business model experiments that get press releases and “news” coverage day, but rather it’s finding and deploying the right digital services and solutions to produce, distribute and license your content. The right processes can save companies money and time, and maximize the new business opportunities that digital helps to power. Our new trio of Publishing Services “mini-conferences” on September 26, co-presented with Digital Book World, is laser-focused on learning about the solutions available in three key areas. There are lots of general digital events, but almost none that target […]