2012 Events

3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Marcelo Klein, Pigmalion Studios Tablets are here to stay, and they are creating a whole new market for books and magazines. Most publishers want to be part of the success, but without proper guidance and … Continue reading →

5:10 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Pablo Avelluto, Random-House Mondadori; Silvio Pestrin Farina, Fiction City; ; moderated by Octavio Kulesz, Editorial Teseo

4:20 p.m. to 5:10 p.m. Frederico  Indiani, Saraiva;  Newton Neto, Google; Marcelo Gioia, Copia Brasil; Eugenia Bascaran, BajaLibros; moderated by Carlo Carrenho

4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Gus Balbontin, Lonely Planet

3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Liz Castro, author; Julieta Lionetti, Libros en la nube / Publishing Perspectives Spanish World Book News The balance between Internet standards and innovation has always been a tenuous one. Browser or e-reader manufacturers want to … Continue reading →

2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Laura Dawson, Firebrand Good workflow equals good metadata. In an agile publishing environment, good workflow relies on a single source of truth – a repository of information that is added, updated and managed by the … Continue reading →

1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Michael Puscar, Yuxi Pacific The recent digital revolution in publishing has led to the development of disruptive new technology that can be leveraged to create new products from existing content.  Michael Puscar, President of Yuxi … Continue reading →

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

11:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Joe Wikert, O’Reilly Media; Bruno de Carli, Pasto do Professor; Emiliano Abramzon, Panarea Digital; moderated by Holger Volland, Frankfurt Book Fair

11:10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. Gus Balbontin, Lonely Planet; Hugo Martínez Alvarado, Santillana del Pacífico S.A. Ediciones; et al TBA; moderated by Roberto Igarza

10:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Patricia Arancibia, Barnes and Noble El carácter global la lengua española y las muchas versiones en la hablamos y escribimos unos 500 millones de personas le ofrece a la industria editorial hispanoamericana un mercado potencial … Continue reading →

10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

9:40 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Bill McCoy, IDPF Many publishers are still struggling to achieve real-time e-book production for front-list titles, and are still in catch-up mode with back-list content . But the conception that e-books are necessarily just a … Continue reading →

9:20 am. to 9:40 a.m. Ruediger Wischenbart, consultant An in-depth overview looking at the various global markets, who the major publishers and retail channels are, and what platforms/devices appear to be gaining (or losing) traction.

9:00 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. George Slowik, Publishers Weekly

8:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Kat Meyer (O’Reilly Media) and Holger Volland (Frankfurt Academy)