See you in LA

I’ll be on a panel at Book Expo America tomorrow. Here’s the skinny.

Scaling the New Economies: In Search of Book Publishing’s 2.0 Business Model
As consumers grow increasingly used to consuming an enormous amount of information from countless websites and blogs, for free, what’s the business model for traditional publishers? And how do we compete in a world where people are willing spend their time writing for Wikipedia, a website or blog, for nothing? With these new economies becoming known as “sharing” and “gift” economies, what’s the role of the working writer? And in a world where “free” is fast becoming the new buzz word, how do publishers make a buck? How do authors? And is there a difference between information and content? Does everything have to be free? Join us as we try to make dollars, and sense, out of these new and emerging economies and ideas.


1 Comment

Derek,

I found your site via Wordpress as I am setting my blog up. I read your bio on Magazineer site and came across the fact you’re responsible for one of my favorte magazines “JPG”! Great!

Anyway, I hate that I missed this panel as I am new to publishing and want my magazine to be free but of high quality. I am thinking most of it’s money will be coming from ad sales but I’m curious what other means were discussed here at the panel. I’m currently on deployment w/the Navy so I dont always have internet access and its the reason I missed the Expo (of course). Is there any way you can provide notes from this discussion? I’m also looking for a “mentor”/consultant if you’re interested. :) My email is provided. Thanks and I’ve add your sites to my faves so when I do get connectivity, I will come back.

Cedric

Posted by Cedric on 4 June 2008 @ 12am