Surviving digital turmoil: Focus of eBook Summit from Mediabistro on December 15-16

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By Paul Biba

How can publishers thrive, not die, during the e-book revolution? Already Stanford University is shutting down its Publishing Course for Professionals, while it studies the possibility of a successor. Random House, alas, can’t just take a rest.

To help avoid the guillotine, publishing people may want to attend Mediabistro’s eBook Summit on December 15-16—scene of a bunch of related talks. One of the more intriguing topics: “The Business of Free.” Presumably that could mean anything from ad-supported books to the giveaway of the first title in a series, to entice you to buy the others.

Among the speakers will be DailyLit CEO Susan Danziger, Sony’s Digital Reading Business Division President Steve Haber, Lexcycle co-founder Neelan Choksi; Google Books product manager Brandon Badger, author Katty Kay, and Books on Board CEO Bob Livolsi.

If you register by November 18 they are charging $245 and the program will be held in New York City at the New Yorker Hotel. Hopefully we’ll be there to report on the goings on. You can find out all the details here.

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