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TOC New York Takes a 4D Look at Publishing--Call for Participation Invites Program Proposals

Press release: August 9, 2011

O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference

Submit a Proposal

Sebastopol, CA, August 9, 2011—O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing Conference will take a 4D look at publishing February 13-15, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. Focusing on data, design, and development, TOC New York will provide a wide range of content to cover the innovations rocking every aspect of the art, craft, and business of publishing in the 21st century.

Conference chairs Kat Meyer and Joe Wikert invite proposals on topics including, but not limited to:

  • Digital book design for screens, including touch functionality
  • Best practices for sales and marketing in app marketplaces
  • Metadata, metadata, and more metadata
  • Innovative business models
  • Selling into the global marketplace
  • The implications of mobile
  • The growing importance of strong branding in a global digital world
  • Authoring and editing tools
  • Search
  • Cloud storage
  • ePub
  • HTML5 for publishers
  • Open Publishing
  • Games as books; books as games
  • Digitization tools

Proposals will be accepted through August 29, 2011. For a full list of topics and more information, see:
http://www.toccon.com/toc2012/public/cfp/174

Early registration for TOC will open in October.

See media coverage, keynote videos, speaker presentation files, and photos from TOC 2011:
http://www.toccon.com/toc2011/public/content/news-coverage

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