2019 DBW Awards Winners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Digital Book World Reveals Winners of the 2019 DBW Awards
Honorees Represent Books, Publishers, Industry Leaders and Technology NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 11, 2019) – Digital Book World (DBW) – the gathering of the wide world of publishing – named the winners of the 2019 DBW Awards during a special ceremony and reception on the evening of Sept 10 at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel. "We are honored to recognize some of the best of the best with the 2019 DBW Awar
Digital Book World 2019 Awards Finalists Announced
We are pleased to announce the 2019 Finalists for The Digital Book World Awards. In addition to the awards listed below, the DAISY Consortium is currently determining the Finalists for the Digital Book World Accessibility Award, Presented By DAISY. Those results will be announced when they are available. Finally, we are pleased to announce that Digital Book World will present three special awards for Outstanding Achievement this year in the publishing industry. Margot Atwell
BISG print-on-demand seminar: challenges in print world remain
Our friends at BISG recently held a webinar on printing on demand, and a number of issues confronting the book industry and paper shortages were mentioned. Digital Book World has added a new breakout track for Digital Book World 2019 called Print Book World, designed to cover best practices and current trends related to the print industry and how these issues interact with digital. Within this new track is David Hetherington, VP - Global Business Development, Books Internatio
DBW Response To Forbes' Kickstarter Article: Some Thoughts On Expensive Conferences
Before you go further, read the eye-opening and insightful piece in Forbes about Kickstarter. I admire so much about Kickstarter's business. They have turned financing of projects on its head, making it far easier to conceive, create, and execute on creative projects than has ever before been possible. Their work with publishing, and the very idea they would have a Director of Publishing at all, is fascinating and led Digital Book World down the path of getting the dynamic Ma
Publishing: Everybody's Doing It (25 Examples of Corporate Publishing)
We often refer to "the wide world of publishing" which comprises the Digital Book World audience: trade publishing, scholarly/academic publishing, independent publishing, educational publishing, and what we call corporate publishing. Companies and organizations in non-publishing sectors, from healthcare to automotive to banking and beyond, often have the need to publish all types of content internally and externally. This type of corporate publishing requires companies to con
Motovun Group of International Publishers (MGIP) become the newest partner of Digital Book World
The Motovun Group of International Publishers (MGIP) is a worldwide group of publishing professionals hailing from 20 different countries around the globe. Traditionally, the group convenes for special dinners before London Book Fair and Frankfurt Book Fair, while also meeting each summer for an annual meeting. I had a chance to connect with MGIP President Jean Arcache while at the London Book Fair, and am pleased to be able to announce that he'll be speaking as part of the D
Q&A with DBW 2019 speaker Charlotte Abbott (Founder, FutureProof Content Strategy)
I recently had the privilege of sitting down with publishing industry veteran and Digital Book World 2019 speaker Charlotte Abbott. She's the founder and director of FutureProof Content Strategy, and works with clients to create stories that drive results. Check out her interview below - enjoy. Let’s start with a summary of your publishing career. Are we still in publishing? My evolution from book editor to business journalist to content and audience strategist has taught me
Voice-First Technology And The Car: A New Frontier For Publishers
During the Super Bowl, this ad for Mercedes Benz aired, which clearly demonstrates how expectations for voice technology (more properly, voice-first technology) have progressed to encompass the modern car: The implication here is that everything is possible by using our voices and talking to objects around us. And, indeed, this is the destination that voice-first technology has us headed toward. Digital Book World has come to incorporate voice technology within the broad purv
DBW 2019 keynote Lisa Lucas (Executive Director, National Book Foundation) appears on the TODAY Show
Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation and keynote speaker of Digital Book World 2019, joined the TODAY Show last week to discuss books worth reading in 2019, as we head into the new year. Check out her interview here. #LisaLucas #NationalBookFoundation #DBW2019 #DigitalBookWorld2019
Barnes & Noble: How Can We Miss You, If You Won't Go Away?
Barnes & Noble has not had a very good year. They've foisted a lot of corporate dirty laundry on us, they've put together a Christmas gift list bereft of actual books, they're making unforced errors like this, and they're fueling speculation of an acquisition led by you-know-who. At the same time, they've come out with a brand new Nook, and they're experimenting actively with new concept stores. To their credit, they're not going down without a fight. One of the persistent to
