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The O'Reilly TOC Conference
A very exciting conference happened a few weeks ago in New York: The O'Reilly TOC Conference promised to decipher the tools of change in this industry and help cut through the hype for a more profitable future in publishing. From authoring, editing, and layout to distribution and consumption, new technologies are changing all aspects of publishing. But which technologies are important? Which provide exciting business opportunities? And what are the strategic questions you need to consider in adopting new models?
In addition to perspectives from traditional book publishers who provided experience from the trenches of change, TOC brought in ideas from the wider ecosystem, including higher education, retailers, readers, and authors. Presentations from experts and innovators closed the loop on putting theory into practice and addressed issues in actionable terms, not just raised them. TOC also facilitated the relationship between publishers and "content-centric" software programmers who are on the front lines of implementing change.
TOC is about O'Reilly's mission of spreading the knowledge of innovators, and that means reaching outside traditional industry boundaries to find people and companies from around the world who are doing stuff that matters. Our deep ties to the "alpha geeks" shaping the future we'll all share means cutting-edge speakers, topics that push the boundaries of how we define "publishing," and unique insight into what's next by distributing the future that for many is already here. Computer scientist Alan Kay once said that "the best way to predict the future is to invent it," and TOC brings together the people, companies and organizations who are inventing the future of publishing.
Did you know that, for the third consecutive year, Tamyras is joining the shelves of the London Book Fair? The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels.
For a full detail of Tamyras’ signatures in Paris, click here.
Tamyras Publishing were present at the ceremony prize for French language and culture organized for the benefit of the Lebanese Army in the French military mission cooperation, Friday, March 19, 2010 as part of the exhibition France in Lebanon. Tamyras which is spurring efforts defending the “Francophonie” as part of the diversity of Lebanese culture, was pleased to offer over 150 books to the winners.
Did you know that, Twitter instilled in fervant twitteratis the sense of charity and social responsibility? By hosting local events to have fun and create awareness, Twestival™ (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good. All of the local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go directly to projects.
This year, on Thursday 25 March 2010, the worldwide online community will come together again, but this time to support education. At least 72 million people around the world are not enrolled in school, with girls accounting to 55% of the worldwide out-of-school population.
With such unjust figures increasing, Twestival global team and local organizers have selected @Concern Worldwide to be the recipient of the funds that will be raised this year because of their comprehensive and well-respected approach to education. This is an issue that involves many different elements- hunger, water, teacher training, building of schools, etc. We hope to use the power of our global event fundraising and social media influence as a vehicle to give people insight into this cause on a deeper level. For more information, refer to the Concern factsheet.
