London Book Fair Digital Conference Archives

Jon Reed 15th April 2012 Conference, Digital Minds, LBF12, London Book Fair, London Book Fair Digital Conference

London Book Fair Digital Minds Conference 2012 – Live Blog

Welcome to the London Book Fair Digital Minds Conference live blog! I’ll be updating every 5 minutes or so, so keep

Jon Reed 25th April 2010 apps, Digital Rights Management, iPhone, London Book Fair, London Book Fair Digital Conference, mobile

London Book Fair Digital Conference

Publishers get real about digital as they are told: “This industry doesn’t owe you a living”.
I was lecturing at Birkbek yesterday, on digital publishing, social media marketing – and men in their pants in Basingstoke. For this was the key takeaway message for me at this year’s London Book Fair Digital Conference, which I attended and live-tweeted last weekend: if publishers don’t produce digital content, such as apps, there are plenty of men in their basements in Basingstoke in their pants who will.