Publish! A Day of Innovation on the Future of the Book schedule

Thursday 8th December 2011

• Innovation and The Book

  by alastair horne, Michael Kowalski and William Higham

  A briefing on the current state of the industry and long-term trends.

  At 10:15am to 11:15am, Thursday 8th December

  Coverage slide deck slide deck

• Making Money from Digital

  by Anna Lewis, Charles Catton and Touch Press

  Publishers present ‘show and tells’ sharing their lessons and how they are – or aren’t – generating revenue.

  At 11:45am to 12:45pm, Thursday 8th December

  Coverage write-up slide deck

• Pioneers or Playing it Safe?

  by Dean Johnson, Erica Wolfe-Murray and Naomi

  Publishers face conflicting need to take risks (experimenting with potential break-throughs, innovation, lateral thinking) and to concentrate on revenue (retaining cashflow, ensuring commercial successes, avoiding cannibalisation of existing businesses). When should they choose to play safe and when should they take risks? How can the risks of new product development be reduced? And what innovation strategies have been successful around digital publishing?

  At 1:45pm to 2:30pm, Thursday 8th December

  Coverage write-up slide deck write-up

• Inventing the Future

  by bookmeister, Matt Marsh and Dave Addey

  As well as looking at how we make money from digital, it is also important we remain ambitious and excited by the possibilities for publishing – and prepare accordingly.

  At 2:30pm to 3:30pm, Thursday 8th December

  Coverage slide deck

• How to Innovate

  by David Burton, Mike Phillips and Tom Abba

  How can we put all the ideas discussed at the Day into practice? In How to Innovate we investigate the models that can help you make innovation happen, including labs, hackdays and ‘20% time’.

  At 4:00pm to 5:00pm, Thursday 8th December

  Coverage slide deck