The Digital Age at the Frankfurt Book Fair

eBooks Around the World

Hosted by Frankfurt Academy

10 October 2011 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Frankfurt Book Fair, Hall 4.2, Room Dimension

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9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
A welcome from conference organizers Michael Cader and Mike Shatzkin.
9:15 A Global Situational Review: Devices, ebook and app sales around the world
Presented by: Giovanni Bonfanti, A.T. Kearney; Marco Ferrario, Bookrepublic
9:35 The Global Review with a Local Perspective
Moderators: Michael Cader and Mike Shatzkin
Including: Riccardo Cavallero, General Manager, Trade Books Division, Mondadori Group; Michael Justus, Managing Director, S. Fischer Verlag GmbH; Kris Kliemann, Vice President, Director, Global Rights, Wiley; Joe Li, General Manager, International Business Department, Beijing Founder Apabi Technology Limited; Sergio Machado, President and CEO, Record Publishing Group, Brazil
10:30 Morning break
11:00 Easily reaching global markets: How Kindle can help you find a whole new audience
Presented by: David Naggar, VP, Global Kindle Content Acquisition
11:15 The Digital Publishing Dilemma – Global Challenges in Knowing and Being Known in the Digital Marketplace
Presented by: Beat Barblan, Director of Identifier Services, R.R. Bowker; Kelly Gallagher, Vice President, Publishing Services, R.R. Bowker
11:30 The launch of Anobii’s discovery and social retailing platform
Presented by: Matteo Berlucchi, CEO, Anobii
11:50 How Sourcebooks built an efficient, cross-company digital workflow
Presented by: Chris Bauerle, Director of Sales & Marketing, Sourcebooks
12:15 Lunch break
1:15 Google’s multi-platform vision for ebooks
Presented by: Santiago de la Mora, Director, Print Content Partnerships Europe, Middle East and AfricaGoogle
1:30 Two Steps to Global Licensing Success
Presented by: Tracey Armstrong, CEO, Copyright Clearance Center
1:45 Lessons from the other side: What trade publishing can learn from other sectors
Including: Peter Balis, Director, Digital Business Development, John Wiley & Sons; Evan Schnittman, Global Managing Director of Sales & Marketing, Bloomsbury Publishing
2:15 Digital books in the developing world
Presented by: Octavio Kulesz, Editorial Teseo
2:25 Creating Global Digital Reach: Faber Factory Powered by Constellation
Including: Stephen Page, CEO, Faber & Faber; David Steinberger, President & CEO, Perseus Books Group
2:40 Afternoon break
3:00 The Future for Agents
Moderated by: Michael Cader, Publishers Lunch and PublishersMarketplace.com
Including: Peter S. Fritz, Literary Agent, Paul & Peter Fritz AG; Robert Gottlieb, Chairman of Trident Media Group; David Miller, Director, Rogers, Coleridge and White Ltd.
3:45 Insights from eBook Retailer
Presented by: Michael Tamblyn, EVP, Content, Sales and Merchandising, Kobo Inc.
4:10 Metadata and sales data and the connections between the two
Presented by: Jonathan Nowell, Nielsen
4:25 Success Story: B&N and the Nook in the US
Including: Theresa Horner, VP, Digital Content, Barnes & Noble and Patricia Arancibia, Manager, Digital Content, International, Barnes & Noble

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Novak Djokovic - Needs To Be More Humble - Emerson

Djokovic added the 2011 US Open title to his collection in AugustPA Photos

Tennis legend Roy Emerson has called on world No1 Novak Djokovic to show more "humility" on court, urging the Serb to behave more like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

The 74-year-old, a 12-time Major winner, believes Djokovic's demeanour during matches threatens to undermine his success and has told him to challenge his rivals in terms of modesty � and not just titles.

"I would like to see him show a bit more humility like Nadal and Federer," Emerson said. "There is too much of this chest thumping and roaring when he wins.

"I would like to see him emulate the pair when it comes to humility as well as Grand Slam wins."

Djokovic now holds the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open titles after enjoying a stunning run of form in 2011 � and Emerson paid tribute to the 24-year-old's achievements during a season in which he has only lost two matches.

"Novak has really got his game together this year," continued Emerson, who won the Australian Open singles title six times during an illustrious career. "He is playing at a very high standard and his game shapes up well to Nadal.

"He doesn't have the same difficulty as Federer has with Nadal's forehand as he is well able to take a high backhand with his strong double-handed shots.

"Every time he is tested this year he seems well up to the task and he obviously got a tremendous boost from winning the Davis Cup last year."

Emerson was the fourth player to complete a 'career slam' and he has tipped Djokovic to soon join the illustrious list, with Roland Garros the only title the Serb now needs to complete his set.

"Because he is young and has been so consistent this year Djokovic will always be a possible Grand Slam winner as he can play well on all surfaces," he added. 

Courtesy: SportReview

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Top Five Operating Systems of 2010-2011 - Statistic Report

According to the current statistic report from StatCounter.com in which they have compared the statistic of Top Five Operating Systems from September 2010 till October 2011, OS includes Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Mac OSX and Linux and its really strange for me to know the result as compare to my previous report.

The current statistic report shows that Windows 7 has finally overtake Windows XP, which is obvious and good to hear from latest Microsoft OS. Windows 7 now holds the total percent of 43.84% share of market as compare to Windows XP which were holds only 38.65% when its was launched back in 2001, but the strange part is that Mac OSX and Linux are going smoothly fine and they are on same platform or line of growing and there is no Ups and Downs as compare to Microsoft's New OS Windows 7.

Have a look at following statistic image of StatCounter:

Click to Enlarge Image!

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Star-Crossed, by Linda Collison

The maritime novel for anyone with romance in their heart

Fired up by Linda Collison's announcement that she has sold the sequel to Star-Crossed to Fireship Press, I sallied out and got hold of the first book in what (hopefully) will be a long series.

Linda, it seems, was badly guided ("star-crossed," perhaps?) when she set out to sell her first maritime historical novel.  As she confesses in an interview with David Hayes, the book just happened to be written from the point of view of a young woman of the mid-eighteenth century -- but it was an accident that presaged the fate of this book. 

The young woman was teenaged Patricia Kelley, who was desperate to get to the West Indies, convinced that her recently deceased father had left her the plantation he had always promised.  Without money or other means, she chose the desperate measure of arriving on board a merchant ship bound for the Caribbean in the company of a boatload of prostitutes, then escaping into a crevice in the hold, to stow away for the voyage.

Of course, she is discovered, mid-passage, but is fortunate enough to be kindly treated by the captain, the captain's wife, and the ship's surgeon -- and a young seaman, Brian Dalton.  Because of this, she arrives safely at her destination -- to find nothing but disappointment and disillusionment, so that she is forced to live on her wits, and survive by whatever means she can find.

Quite an adult theme, actually.  But Linda Collison was advised to focus on the YA market. "Because my protagonist is a teenager my erstwhile agent thought the young adult market was the way to go," she says.

At first, the idea looked promising.  That agent sold the novel to Knopf, and it was published with that market in mind.  Bad choice, it seems, as it didn't sell well enough for the publisher to be interested in a sequel -- though, in my candid opinion, the truly awful fake-Romantic jacket could have had something to do with its muted reception.

So my first question when I read this book was whether the agent and publisher had blundered.

Again in my candid opinion, I think so.  The book is certainly a page-turner, in recommended YA style, and there are the usual thought-provoking themes.  Toward the end, when Patricia faces the fate that she has chosen -- the life of a cross-dressed woman on a ship of war -- she meditates:

I had said I could never be an ordinary woman but it occurred to me there were no ordinary women, or ordinary men.  We're all extraordinary. And no matter what else it was, life was rich in possibilities.

Rich in possibilities indeed, if a young woman is brave enough to don men's clothing, and take up the life of a surgeon's mate on a frigate during the Seven Years' War.  Just the kind of theme that English teachers delight in, when they want to engage a classroom full of teenagers.  It didn't take long, however, before I decided that the story and lightly but accurately depicted background are interesting, accurate, and entertaining enough to entice a much broader audience.

This is what Linda Collison and her new publishers, Fireship Press, are banking on, with the release of a sequel, Surgeon's Mate.

Again in my candid opinion, I think they are onto a good thing. I thoroughly enjoyed Star-Crossed, and look forward to reading Patricia's further adventures -- and with a much more attractive and enticing jacket, this time.

Read the review by Alaric Bond here.

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Novak Djokovic - Do You Want To Teach Me?

I wish :-)  How much do you think Novak would charge for a lesson?  I am sure it would be worth the price.

http://www.mytennislounge.com/member_login/profile/index.php

I have been back on court now for 5 weeks and it is going rather well.  The link above is where I am posting all my lessons, taking advice from other players and just generally talking about casual/club level play.

Please feel free to join in and give your thoughts or experiences in playing tennis.

Thanks

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How Google Plus Brand Pages Will Be Better Than Facebook Pages?

Changing Facebook�s millions of users to Google Plus will extent, difficult to fight for giant search. Perhaps changing brand to Google Plus would be much easier if Google Plus is able to solve advertisers� huge difficulties with Facebook like as post-click arrangement follow, paid search lack in efficiencies and specific customization.

Advertisers move paid media to their Facebook Pages they wanted to be in front of their audience, perhaps there is a bulk of imperfection in this plan. Without such information, we can only imagine whether media dollars are well spent.

In one or two month, Google Plus will launch its highly appreciated brand pages. These are 4 reasons that marketers have right to be happy and why Google Plus brand pages would deliver a better branded experience than Facebook.

Better Search Opportunities:

The slow CTR makes for a small quality score in Google�s bidding sample, which distinctically increases cost per click for paid search addsmoving to Facebook competes a unique brand domain. 

More Customization:

Facebook ads are the limits to some other ads, certainly with a video or vote, allowing for some branding or creative opportunities. 

Better Analytics:

People who uses Google analysis how much is the data, including metrics like time consumed on page, main content, referring sites and geographical information. It looks affordable for Google to integrate Google�s analysis into Google Plus brand pages.

Google Can Learn from Facebook:

Facebook�s achieved and misconfigure steps offer invaluable moral, giving Google second-drive pros in making a brand page based on brands need for much more customization. Facebook make new way on each connection between brands like musicians and celebrities.

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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Review and Details

The majority of businesses today use some form of Microsoft software, whether it is in differing versions of the Windows operating system or MS� highly popular Office suite.

 In 2003, Microsoft introduced a new dimension to business intelligence and created the first SharePoint software. SharePoint, in essence, offers a single place for document and web management systems, allowing multiple workers to pursue different tasks, at the same time from one interface, instead of using multiple interfaces to accomplish the same workload.

 Along with the changes to Office in 2007, SharePoint also changed some of its features, implementing a new ribbon style interface that would help catalog often used features, such as reviewing, spell check and media inserts, into easily accessible groups. In the newest version of the SharePoint Foundation 2010, some of the features remained the same, while others were greatly enhanced.

In terms of the collaboration efforts of workers, the 2010 version again enhances this process by not only allowing the interface to be multilingual (before it was just local language), but also allowing for multiple languages to be displayed and used on the ribbon, and adding the ability to change back and forth. There was also the addition of MySites, Profiles, and Communities which give workers better ways to collaborate both in and out of the office.

One of the best features is the ability to access SharePoint through the internet, with an online interface which employees can access no matter where they are. This was actually a move to place familiar and popular Office applications, like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, on the web, so that no matter what version you are using, or what location you're in, you still have access to these files.

SharePoint 2010 creates easier access and integration for all of its applications for work and sharing.

The user interface for 2010 does keep some of the elements from the 2007 version, but adds more functionality. Lists, for example, now have an overlay popup when displayed, as well as generating custom error pages. The Content Management feature now brings the enterprise portion to more people within an organization.

A major feature of this version is the ability to use management capabilities on any site within SharePoint 2010; in the previous version, these were locked to a specific site in SharePoint. There is also the ability to group multiple items into one atomic product.

Using either SharePoint 2010 for Enterprise businesses or that of the smaller SharePoint Foundation 2010 can give businesses an edge over their competitors by keeping their project groups on task and working together.

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