Digital Book World Conference

THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL PUBLISHING IS HERE The Digital Book World Conference + Expo, the preeminent conference on digital content and digital publishing strategies, starts tomorrow. Each year, the event grows more impactful—and more critical to the advancement of your digital strategy. Simply put, if you’re in publishing, then you’ll want to join the conversation taking place at the New York Hilton Midtown January 13 - 15. You won’t want to be left behind. Make your plans today and lock in your best price. What can you expect? This year brings you pivotal sessions with the two largest Ebook sellers in the world—Amazon and Apple—as well as candid insights from the CEOs of two of publishing’s most successful and influential houses. Join thousands of your publishing peers for these not-to-be-missed opportunities: Apple and the Book Business: A Conversation with Apple's Keith Moerer Apple's Director of the iBooks Store, Keith Moerer will participate in a detailed conversation about key issues with Michael Cader. Moerer will provide perspective on where the iBooks Store—the second largest ebookseller in the world—is heading, particularly following the integration of iBooks in Apple's new iOS, and how publishers and authors can increase their sales through this platform. A Strategy for the Future: Taking HarperCollins into the Digital Age with HarperCollins President and CEO Brian Murray HarperCollins recently agreed to acquire Harlequin Enterprises, one of the largest trade publishing purchases in years, in large part to help drive international expansion opportunities. Learn how, under Brian Murray's direction, HarperCollins has been a leader in digital experimentation and transitions. Should Amazon be Constrained and Can They Be? Moderated by Ken Auletta, author and New Yorker magazine contributor, this panel will feature experts debating all sides of this hot-button issue. Joining Auletta are New York magazine Journalist Annie Lowrey, Best-selling Author Barry Eisler, and Barry Lynn, Director, Open Markets, Enterprise and Resiliency Initiative, New America Foundation. Leading Change: A CEO's View of the K-12 Market, Technology, and Transforming the Publishing Business: A Conversation with Linda Zecher With a major presence in the K-12 market along with a substantial, and growing, trade and consumer publishing division, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is in a unique position to see how digital change affects the divergent parts of publishing. Linda Zecher will discuss with Michael Cader how these changes look from her perspective. No other event gives you greater access to digital publishing’s leading influencers and change agents. Don’t miss an opportunity like this one. Register NOW for your best price!