Going to and Blogging from Google Unbound at the New York Public Library

Posted by Marshall on January 17, 2007 | Link It

I'm about to go to bed because I'm ready to collapse from exhaustion - but not before I mention I'll be attending the Google Unbound event at the New York Public Library in the morning, tomorrow, January 18th.

I hope to blog from the event but I really don't know if I'll be able to - still, I'll bring my laptop and anyone who is attending (registration is now closed, BTW) and reads Webmetricsguru.com and is present - it would be great to meet.  If you have IM on your mobile device you can reach me by contacting my screen name "mlsiggaes" on AOL IM.

Here's what the program tomorrow covers:

Un-Bound: Advanced Book Publishing in a Digital World

Six centuries ago, a German metalworker tinkered with a wine press, metal alloys and oil based ink, perfecting one of history’s great inventions: the printing press. With the rise of mass publishing, more people than ever were able to access information. Books proliferated. Today, digital technology offers a similar opportunity, and the Internet now represents a powerful platform for promoting and distributing books. Online book sales alone account for nearly four billion dollars in annual US sales—almost 15% of the entire book business.

Please join us for a day examining how the book business has changed and how it will continue to evolve. Hear from thought leaders and industry veterans who are taking advantage of our increasingly digital world—from blogs and social networks to print-on-demand and online access.

When: January 18, 2007
8:00 am–5:00 pm
Cocktail reception to follow
RSVP: Registration is now closed.
Where: Celeste Bartos Forum
New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
New York, NY 10018
*Please use 42nd Street Entrance
Agenda: 8:00 Registration and Breakfast

9:00 Welcome: Jim Gerber, Content Partnerships Director, Google

9:30 State of the Industry:
David Worlock, Chairman, Electronic Publishing Services Ltd (EPS)
Angela D'Agostino, Vice President of Business Development & Marketing, Bowker

10:30 am Break

11:00 am
Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine

11:30 am
Seth Godin, Author

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm
Cory Doctorow, Author; Co-Editor, Boing Boing; Fulbright Chair, USC

1:30 pm Author Panel:
J.A. Konrath, Author, Lt. Jack Daniels Mystery Series
Stephen J. Dubner, Author and Journalist, Freakonomics
Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Author, I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir

2:15 pm Break

2:45 pm
Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media

3:15 pm Publisher Panel:
Michael Holdsworth, Formerly Managing Director, Cambridge University Press
Christoph Chesher, Group Sales Director, Taylor & Francis
Matt Leavy, Executive Vice President, Pearson
Carolyn Pittis, Senior V.P., Global Marketing Strategy & Operations, HarperCollins
Paul Manning, Vice President, Book Sales, Springer
Dan Weiss, Publisher, SparkNotes/Barnes & Noble

4:30 pm
Closing Comments: Marissa Mayer, V.P., Search Products & User Experience, Google

5:00 pm Cocktail Reception

 



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These are the current comments for "Going to and Blogging from Google Unbound at the New York Public Library"

01/19/07 @ 7:58 pm

I posted my notes from the google unbound event at NYPL:
http://lauratitian.com/20070118.html



10/21/07 @ 9:14 am

Just reading Marketingpilgrim's post on Libraries Turn Down Search Engines go with Nonprofit and read this as a major blow against Google Books; the news was covered in the International Herald Tribune in an article about the U.S. Library…



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