A few years ago, I wrote a post lamenting the lack of book people at the South by Southwest Interactive festival. Last year, as we know, a panel put together by a group of publishers missed its target, angering the audience. This year…wow, it’s a bookstravaganza.
I am so pleased to see so many book folk stepping up to show that, yes, there are cool things happening in the publishing industry. The Interactive festival has come a long way from its geekish roots. Held concurrently with the Film festival, the conference brings together the most creative minds in media, from Alternate Reality Gaming to traditional print.
But the magic doesn’t happen magically! There is a panel picking formula, and festival attendees vote on panels they want to see (said voting carries 30% of the weight in the process). Help your fellow book people by voting for the panels you’d like to see at this year’s SXSW Interactive festival!
And, if I missed a panel, please post it in the comments. Also, you’ll need to register to vote, but it’s quick and painless.
- Beyond Publishing: When Every Book is Connected to Everyone: Stephanie Troeth, Book Oven (Hugh McGuire, Peter Brantley, Andrew Savikas, Kassia Krozser)
- A Brave New Future for Book Publishing : Kevin Smokler, CEO BookTour.com (and a cast of geniuses)
- Book Publishing – The New Ecosystem: Maya Bisineer, Memetales (with Kat Meyer!)
- Romancing the e-Book: Publishing’s e-Volutionary Revolution: Deidre Knight, The Knight Agency
- Dinosaurs Dancing: Digital Experiments From Traditional Book Publishers: Dominique Raccah, Sourcebooks and Michael Cader, Publishers Lunch
- The Novel in 2050: Richard Nash, Red Lemonade
- How I Learned to Love the DMCA: Zoe Hildren, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- New Publishing and Web Content: Jeffrey Zeldman, Happy Cog Studios LLC, Lisa Holton (The Amanda Project, etc)
- Blood on the Bookshelves: How Publishing Can Survive: Adrian Hon, Six to Start
- Authors, Publishers and Social Media: Hug it Out: Tim O’Shaughnessy, LivingSocial
- Digital Accessibility on Ebooks and Phones : #$@^ Kindle: Brian Rowe, Freedom for IP
- The Rise of the Unbook: Christian Crumlish, Yahoo!
- Social Publishing: Why Reading is Cool Again: Trip Adler, Scribd
- Too Busy to Read? The Future of Books: Bradley Inman, Vook
- Can I Reserve This Book With My iPhone?: Cecily Walker, Vancouver Public Library
- Curating Cultural Content – Libraries Save Your Ass & Etchings: Jessamyn West, MetaFilter.com
- Reading ReInvented: Can You Steal this Book?: Jason Schultz, UC Berkeley School of Law
- Publishers Look To E-Reading to Reach Digital Consumers: Allen Weiner, Gartner, Inc
- Taming the Kindle: Guidance for Readers and Authors: Len Edgerly, The Kindle Chronicles, a weekly podcast about the Kindle
- Kindle 2020 : Matt Thompson, Snarkmarket
- Consumers are Ready for eReaders…But Will There Be Anything to Read?: Kevin Hamilton, IREX Technologies
- Give It Up for Free: Russell Reeder, LibreDigital
20 responses so far ↓
bob carlton // Aug 18, 2009 at 12:42 pm
forgot 1:
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/2772?return=%2Fideas%2Findex%2F4%2Fq%3Areeder
bob carlton // Aug 18, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Give It Up For Free? Russ Reeder, CEO LibreDigital
Kassia Krozser // Aug 18, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Thanks Bob — the SXSW search kept bombing out, so I figured there were a few more I’d missed. I’ve added this to the list as well.
Lorraine Shanley // Aug 18, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Thanks, Kassia, this is great. I wish we could have them all.
Ron Hogan // Aug 19, 2009 at 8:11 am
Two panels that aren’t directly book-related but which I think will be of great relevance to the publishing world:
“Why Keep Blogging? Real Answers for Smart Tweeple,” Emily Gordon, Emdashes
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4263
“Selling Subculture Without Selling Out,” Molly Crabapple
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/2363
Len Edgerly // Aug 19, 2009 at 8:14 am
This is a great list; thanks for putting it together!
Alia Yunis // Aug 19, 2009 at 1:36 pm
This is a great list–I’m going to get every writer I know to vote on it because this digital world is all we ever seem to talk about now but but at the same time we don’t really know what we’re talking about.
Tricia Roth // Aug 19, 2009 at 3:57 pm
This is terrific Kassia,
I would really love the opportunity to be on a panel discussion – My company ReadHowYouWant is a unique new model in publishing- founded with a social mission to make content accessible for people who are unable to read a standard printed book, we partner with publishers so that readers are able to choose the format of a book that suits them best- 5 different sizes of LP printed on demand, all e-book formats, Braille and DAISY.
We have 55 publishing partners including Perseus, Hay House, New World Library and John Wiley & Partners. We publish between 100-300 unique titles per month in accessible formats and are committed to providing readers a choice of formats at the time of publication at a fair price.
I look forward to hearing from you
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Anne Walls // Aug 20, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Great round-up, Kassia! I’m with Lorraine- I wish we could have them all. WordHustler.com is excited to attend and participate in SXSW. Very glad there will be a strong publishing presence there!
Best,
Anne
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Kat Meyer // Aug 21, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Great list, Kassia! i voted for all of them. Is that okay? Just wanted to add that while I’m honored to have my name mentioned here, I’m no way near being the star attraction for the Publishing Ecosystem proposed panel. O’Reilly’s Joe Wikert, FourthStoryMedia’s Lisa Holton, “Max Quick” author + CTO of Mahalo.com’s Mark Jeffrey, and PodioBooks’ Evo Terra will also be on the panel. It’s chock full of goodness – smart creative people who are making cool stuff happen with “books” (whatever those are). ps – you rock, Kassia! So does Kirk. So does anyone who reads this. Okay? So, go vote for our panel now!
Marian Schembari // Aug 21, 2009 at 9:41 pm
It’s important that people see and recognize what’s going on in publishing. There are so many opportunities(especially digitally) that we can take advantage of to make sure the industry doesn’t die a slow and painful death.
Am having some success marketing myself to publishers via social media. I’d really love to a part of this exciting (can’t be pessimistic now, can we?) time:
http://www.marianlibrarian.com
@marianschembari
James Bridle // Aug 24, 2009 at 10:32 am
Hey Kassia –
I’m on the list for this panel:
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3435
Which, while nominally about maps, is really about books and paper, and what makes them special (and complementary, not inimicable, to the Internet) and should be of interest to publishing folk…
James
Kassia Krozser // Aug 24, 2009 at 1:43 pm
Be still my beating heart (and all that!). I am totally pimping the James Bridle panel starting now. And not just because you used “inimicable” in your comment.
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Albert // Aug 28, 2009 at 9:07 am
Is The Nautilus Works going to be there. Or Nautilus Press?
Casey // Aug 28, 2009 at 9:22 am
Albert–
No, The Nautilus Works will not be there, nor Nautilus Press. http://www.thenautilusworks.com But they make such a good looking product, I’m sure they’ll be somewhere soon!
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