Digital Book 2015 News

 

May 21, 2015

Jane McGonigal, Ph.D., Famed Gaming Expert, Futurist, and Bestselling Author Joins Roster of Top Notch Keynoters at the Highly Acclaimed IDPF DB15 Conference

 

Gaming specialist, futurist, author, and accomplished TED Talker Jane McGonigal, PhD, has been announced as a speaker in the keynote address sequence at IDPF Digital Book 2015, which opens BookExpo America on May 27 at the Javits Center in New York City. Less than 75 seats remain for the perennially sold-out conference, so do not delay!  Register here.

IDPF’s overall conference theme is “Putting Readers First,” and McGonigal’s address will be preceded by a focus on “The Customer as Curator” by London publisher and author Michael Bhaskar of Canelo, and by a consideration of reader primacy in the global market from Richard Charkin of Bloomsbury Publishing and the International Publishers Association.

McGonigal’s presentation will look at the generational-entertainment gap and what publishing today faces in trying to engage the readers of tomorrow who today reach for joysticks, not e-readers. An outspoken critic of gratuitous “gamification,” McGonigal is the author of the controversial Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (Penguin, 2011). She has been named one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders; one of Fast Company’s Top 100 Creative People in Business; one of Oprah Winfrey’s (O Magazine) 20 Most Inspiring Women in the World; one of MIT Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators Changing the World Through Technology; One of BusinessWeek’s Top Ten Innovators to Watch; and one of Game Developer Magazine’s Most Important 50 Game Developers.

IDPF Digital Book 2015 also features publishing leaders Ken Michaels, Liz Perl, Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Amanda Close, Angela Tribelli, Otis Chandler, and Francie Alexander, and also fields innovators Andrew Weinstein, Richard Nash, Hugh McGuire, Peter Hudson, Andrew Lipstein, Molly Barton, Joe Wikert, Kristen McLean, Sherisse Hawkins, Kevin Franco, Paolo Albert, Nicolas Zimmer, and many more.

Seats are selling fast - act now! Register here.

BISG's Making Information Pay, a track of IDPF Digital Book 2015, will highlight the wide-ranging role of standards as the bedrock of innovation. Speakers include Dr. Jeff Jaffe,  Maureen McMahon, Dr. Rob Abel, and many more. The program will conclude with a panel of the BISG's 2014 Industry Innovation Award recipient and nominees, including Mary Alice Elcock of BitLit, Jason Illian of BookShout, Rebecca McDonald of Library for All, Joshua Tallent of Firebrand Technologies, and Alex White of Next Big Sound, discussing the factors necessary for innovation to flourish.

This event will sell out. Register today.

 

May 21, 2015


Your Ticket to IDPF Digital Book 15 Includes BISG's Making Information Pay and Full Access to BEA --Information Overload Meets the Deal of a Lifetime

 

Score a pass to IDPF Digital Book 15 and you will also have access to BISG's Making Information Pay and all of BookExpo America. Check out the program here and register now -- less than 75 seats remain! At such low rates, you can't afford to miss this. If you're riding the digital wave, you better grab a seat and fast!

At BISG's Making Information Pay track, you'll hear from trailblazers like Library for All's Rebecca McDonald and BookShout's Jason Illian; leaders like IDPF's Bill McCoy and W3C's Dr. Jeff Jaffe, and many others who will share their perspectives on the ways that industry standards have improved process and profitability. 

At IDPF Digital Book 15 you'll hear from keynoters including David Arabov, CEO and Founder of the super successful millennial media machine Elite Daily, and the Forbes' "Top 10 Most Powerful Women to Watch" gaming guru Jane McGonigal; publishing leaders like Ken Michaels, Liz Perl, Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Amanda Close, Angela Tribelli, Otis Chandler, and Francie Alexander; and field innovators Andrew Weinstein, Richard Nash, Hugh McGuire, Peter Hudson, Andrew Lipstein, Molly Barton, Joe Wikert, Kristen McLean, Sherisse Hawkins, Kevin Franco, Paolo Albert, Nicolas Zimmer, and many more. 

But, you need a seat to get in the door and seats are selling fast!Register now and join us next Wednesday as we kick off the perennially sold-out IDPF Digital Book Conference on May 27 at BookExpo America. Learn more here. 

 

May 21, 2015

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

JANE McGONIGAL, Ph.D., FAMED GAMING EXPERT, FUTURIST, AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR JOINS ROSTER OF TOP NOTCH KEYNOTERS AT IDPF DIGITAL BOOK 2015

 

New York, NY (May 13, 2015) Gaming specialist, futurist, Penguin author, and accomplished TED Talker Jane McGonigal, PhD, has been announced as a surprise speaker in the keynote address sequence at the 2015 IDPF Digital Book Conference, which opens BookExpo America on May 27 at the Javits Center in New York City.

While McGonigal is best known for her cross-cultural humanitarian game designs and advocacy of gaming as a positive, collaborative force in cultural development, she will focus her presentation for IDPF’s #DigiBook15 on the challenge that electronic media pose today to reading.

Her title: Reading is an Epic Win: How to Engage the Gamer Generation with the Future of Books.

IDPF’s overall conference theme is “Putting Readers First,” and McGonigal’s address will be preceded by a focus on “The Customer as Curator” by London publisher and author Michael Bhaskar of Canelo, and by a consideration of reader primacy in the global market from Richard Charkin of Bloomsbury Publishing and the International Publishers Association.

McGonigal’s presentation will look at the generational-entertainment gap and what publishing today faces in trying to engage the readers of tomorrow who today reach for joysticks, not e-readers. An outspoken critic of gratuitous “gamification,” McGonigal is the author of the controversial Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (Penguin, 2011).

Chief Creative Officer with game-research center SuperBetter Labs, McGonigal has worked with the New York Public Library, the World Bank Institute, the American Heart Association, and the Institute for the Future. She has been named one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders; one of Fast Company’s Top 100 Creative People in Business; one of Oprah Winfrey’s (O Magazine) 20 Most Inspiring Women in the World; one of MIT Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators Changing the World Through Technology; One of BusinessWeek’s Top Ten Innovators to Watch; and one of Game Developer Magazine’s Most Important 50 Game Developers.

IDPF Digital Book 2015 comprises two days of presentations and panel discussions designed to spotlight issues and answers in the industry-wide imperative of “Putting Readers First.” Featuring publishing leaders Ken Michaels, Liz Perl, Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Amanda Close, Angela Tribelli, Otis Chandler, and Francie Alexander, the program also fields innovators Andrew Weinstein, Richard Nash, Hugh McGuire, Peter Hudson, Andrew Lipstein, Molly Barton, Joe Wikert, Kristen McLean, Sherisse Hawkins, Kevin Franco, Paolo Albert, Nicolas Zimmer, and many more. Early Bird rates continue to May 19 for the conference, set in the Jacob Javits Center’s Special Events Hall. More information is at the site.

BISG's Making Information Pay, a track of IDPF Digital Book 2015, will take place on Thursday, May 28 from 1:15 pm - 3:55 pm and will highlight the wide-ranging role of standards as the bedrock of innovation. Speakers include Dr. Jeff Jaffe,  Maureen McMahon, Dr. Rob Abel, and many more. The program will conclude with a panel of the BISG's 2014 Industry Innovation Award recipient and nominees, including Mary Alice Elcock of BitLit, Jason Illian of BookShout, Rebecca McDonald of Library for All, Joshua Tallent of Firebrand Technologies, and Alex White of Next Big Sound, discussing the factors necessary for innovation to flourish.

 

#digibook15

 

About the International Digital Publishing Forum

The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) is a non-profit trade and standards organization for the digital publishing industry with a membership of over 300 companies and organizations from 35 different countries. IDPF is responsible for the EPUB 3 open standard interchange and delivery format for digital books and publications as well as related technical information to promote the development and growth of the global digital publishing market. Proceeds from Digital Book 2014 conference directly support the organization’s mission and work. Further information about the IDPF, including membership options, can be obtained by visiting idpf.org. EPUB and EPUB 3 are registered trademarks of IDPF.

About the Book Industry Study Group, Inc.

The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) is the book industry’s leading trade association for standards, education, and research and information. BISG facilitates the connections and conversations that solve common problems, advance new ideas, and more profitably bring published content to readers. For over 35 years, BISG has provided a forum for all industry professionals to come together and collaboratively address issues and concerns to advance the book community. Its 200 members include publishers, manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, librarians, and others engaged in the business of print and electronic media.

 

May 13, 2015

Jane McGonigal, Ph.D., Famed Gaming Expert, Futurist, and Bestselling Author Joins Roster of Top Notch Keynoters

 

Gaming specialist, futurist, author, and accomplished TED Talker Jane McGonigal, PhD, has been announced as a surprise speaker in the keynote address sequence at IDPF Digital Book 2015, which opens BookExpo America on May 27 at the Javits Center in New York City. Early bird rates have been extended through May 19 but seats are going fast so do not delay. Register here.

IDPF’s overall conference theme is “Putting Readers First,” and McGonigal’s address will be preceded by a focus on “The Customer as Curator” by London publisher and author Michael Bhaskar of Canelo, and by a consideration of reader primacy in the global market from Richard Charkin of Bloomsbury Publishing and the International Publishers Association.

McGonigal’s presentation will look at the generational-entertainment gap and what publishing today faces in trying to engage the readers of tomorrow who today reach for joysticks, not e-readers. An outspoken critic of gratuitous “gamification,” McGonigal is the author of the controversial Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World (Penguin, 2011). She has been named one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders; one of Fast Company’s Top 100 Creative People in Business; one of Oprah Winfrey’s (O Magazine) 20 Most Inspiring Women in the World; one of MIT Technology Review’s Top 35 Innovators Changing the World Through Technology; One of BusinessWeek’s Top Ten Innovators to Watch; and one of Game Developer Magazine’s Most Important 50 Game Developers.

IDPF Digital Book 2015 also features publishing leaders Ken Michaels, Liz Perl, Chantal Restivo-Alessi, Amanda Close, Angela Tribelli, Otis Chandler, and Francie Alexander, and also fields innovators Andrew Weinstein, Richard Nash, Hugh McGuire, Peter Hudson, Andrew Lipstein, Molly Barton, Joe Wikert, Kristen McLean, Sherisse Hawkins, Kevin Franco, Paolo Albert, Nicolas Zimmer, and many more.

Early Bird rates continue through May 19th. Seats are selling fast - act now! Register here.

BISG's Making Information Pay, a track of IDPF Digital Book 2015, will highlight the wide-ranging role of standards as the bedrock of innovation. Speakers include Dr. Jeff Jaffe,  Maureen McMahon, Dr. Rob Abel, and many more. The program will conclude with a panel of the BISG's 2014 Industry Innovation Award recipient and nominees, including Mary Alice Elcock of BitLit, Jason Illian of BookShout, Rebecca McDonald of Library for All, Joshua Tallent of Firebrand Technologies, and Alex White of Next Big Sound, discussing the factors necessary for innovation to flourish.

This event will sell out. Register today.

 

 

May 6, 2015

You Know You Plan on Coming So Why Pay More? Register Now and Save!

 

IDPF Digital Book 2015 takes center stage at BookExpo America from May 27-28, 2015 (Javits Center, New York City). The 2015 IDPF Digital Book conference invites you to help shape the digital publishing future - don't miss the chance to share your insight.

Register today and save with early bird rates - but hurry, the best deal ends this Friday!  Early bird registration includes free access to BookExpo America and BISG's Making Information Pay at the lowest possible cost. 

Covering the hottest topics over three tracks (Business, Technology and Education), IDPF Digital Book 2015 will host informative sessions including: international imperatives, social communities and the rise of mobile reading, trends in youth reading, the shift in the supply chain, navigating rights and permissions, connecting with the enormous China market, the benefits of bundling and lending, an EPUB and EDUPUB update,meeting accessibility requirements, the great Amazon debate and much, much more.

Featured speakers include publishing giants such as Ken Michaels, Richard Charkin, Liz Perl, Chantal Restivo-Alessi; bestselling authors Barbara Freethy, Frank Beddor and Peg Tyre; millennial marketing genius and Elite Daily's David Arabov; industry innovators like Peter Hudson, Andrew Weinstein, Joe Wikert, Otis Chandler, Richard Nash, Justo Hidalgo, Paul Belfanti, George Moore, and many more. Stay tuned for more program announcements including the much-anticipated announcement of our brilliant keynote speaker.

Visit idpf.org/db15 for a complete look at the comprehensive and in-depth sessions and the full speaker roster. Seats are selling fast and this conference always sells out so do not delay. Register now.

Registration includes free access to BEA and BISG's Making Information Pay.

THIS EVENT WILL SELL OUT. REGISTER TODAY.

 

April 28, 2015

Special Offer for Past Speakers and Panelists of IDPF Digital Book

The IDPF Digital Book conference (idpf.org/db15) has been called the "most influential", "absolutely critical" and "most informative" conference in the industry. Its thanks to you that we have achieved such tremendous growth and success over the years.

IDPF Digital Book 2015 is in less than a month (May 27-28, 2015, Javits Center, NYC) and we are expecting another sell-out crowd. You simply can't afford to miss this!

As our way of saying thanks to all speakers, panelists and participants in past years, we invite you to register using the codeMEM15EB for enormous savings. IDPF Digital Book 2015 includes BISG's Making Information Pay and your badge will also get you free access to the entire BookExpo America trade show. At just $379 (reg. $449), its a tremendous deal! Hurry though - seats are going fast and this special early bird rate expires May 8.

This year we turn our focus towards the reader and have numerous sessions that will enable publishers to connect with their consumers in today's digital age. Featured sessions include: international imperatives, social communities and the rise of mobile reading, trends in youth reading, the shift in the supply chain, navigating rights and permissions, connecting with the enormous China market, the benefits of bundling and lending, an EPUB and EDUP update, the great Amazon debate and so much more.

Featured speakers include publishing giants such as Ken Michaels, Richard Charkin, Liz Perl, Chantal Restivo-Alessi; bestselling authors Barbara Freethy, Frank Beddor and Peg Tyre; millennial marketing genius and Elite Daily's David Arabov; industry innovators like Peter Hudson, Andrew Weinstein, Joe Wikert, Otis Chandler, Richard Nash, Justo Hidalgo, and many more. Stay tuned for more program announcements including the much-anticipated announcement of our brilliant keynote speaker.

Visit idpf.org/db15 for a complete look at the comprehensive and in-depth sessions and the full speaker roster. Seats are selling fast and this conference always sells out so do not delay. Register now.

 

 

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