Notes from Book Expo America 2012: Evolving Role of Designers in Publishing

By Nicole Spiegel-Gotsch Source: graphicdesign.com http://www.graphicdesign.com/article/book-expo-america-2012-publishing/ Last week Book Expo America 2012 took place at Javits Center in New York City. According to a press release, this year the show boasted over 1,300 exhibitors, including 200 new companies, an 18% growth in new exhibitors from Read More

IDPF Unveils Program, Speakers for Digital Book 2012 at BEA

Highly Anticipated Conference Will Be June 4-5 2012, NYC; Platinum Sponsors Include Baker & Taylor, Ingram Content Group, OverDrive, SPi Global NEW YORK, NY, Apr 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) announced today the preliminary program and speakers for Digital Book 2012 at BEA (idpf.org/db12 Read More

It’s a Book, It’s an App, It’s ???

Six Decisions to Make in Digital Publishing by John Wheeler, Vice President of Strategy and Emerging Technologies, SPi Global With the onslaught of “digital” trends and devices, there are more questions than answers in the publishing industry today. Publishers need to acquire content, transform it across multiple formats, deliver to a Read More

Making eProducts "Market-Ready"

“eBooks, enhanced eBooks, Apps.” eProducts are becoming an integral part of the portfolio today. Many publishers have either hired in-house resources or outsourced development of these products. Customer acceptance and adoption primarily depends on their “first-experience” with these new products. An eProduct that is well Read More

Technology Enabled Solutions for Manuscript Editing

The need for language editing in manuscripts is increasing as publishers look at acquiring content globally, often from non-English speaking countries. At the same time, production cycles are shrinking rapidly as time to market becomes critical, especially for eBooks. Hiring additional copyeditors is not an option as budgets are frozen. How can we Read More