Ken Brooks, Senior VP Global Production & Mfg Services, Cengage Learning Bob Stein, Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for the Future of the Book Michael Cader, Founder of PublishersMarketplace.com and Publishers Lunch The printed page has morphed into the digital book, allowing for words to be mixed with sound, moving images, and video. It is an evolving entity, and in an age when new e-readers are being released with more capabilities, how do we as in industry keep up with the changes? What tools do we need to create the best digital books and what is the best way to manage the content we own? How to we prepare for the digital revolution that we are encompassed in? And where do we even begin with the management of copyright issues and piracy? Mr. Brooks brings a vast knowledge of both the print and the digital book worlds, ranging from work in the trade, professional, higher education and K-12 publishing sectors. HeÕs served as President and Founder of Publishing Dimensions, a digital content services company focused on eBooks and digital strategy platforms. He founded a Philippines-based text conversion company, a public domain publishing imprint and a distribution- center based on POD operation. He is currently, Senior Vice President, Global Production and Manufacturing Services at Cengage, where his responsibilities include the development, production, and manufacturing of textbooks and reference content in print and digital formats. Eleven years ago, Mr. Stein started ÔNight KitchenÕ to help develop authoring tools for the next generation of electronic publishing. That work is now being continued at The Institute for the Future of the Book, where Bob is Founder and Co-Director. He also founded the Voyager Company, the first commercial CD-Rom publisher, where for 13 years he led the development of over 300 titles in 'The Criterion Collection', a series of definitive films on videodisc, and more than 75 CD ROM titles including the CD Companion to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, 'Who Built America', and the Voyager edition of 'Macbeth'. Previous to Voyager, Stein worked with Alan Kay in the Research Group at Atari on a variety of electronic publishing projects. Michael Cader is the founder of PublishersMarketplace.com and of Publishers Lunch -- the most widely read publication in the book publishing industry worldwide. For 15 years he ran the book packaging company, Cader Books When: Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 - 5:30 pm Where: Random House, 1745 Broadway, NY, NY - 2nd floor What: Beer, wine, soft drinks, and hors d'oeuvres begin at 5:30 pm, with program to follow. BBGNY is an educational forum. No Solicitations please. |