Books In Browsers

BiB IV : 2013 Dates!

peter — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:17:47 +0000

Books in Browsers 2013, #bib13, will be held Thurs/Fri Oct 24-25, at the Internet Archive; a hackfest will be held on Sat Oct 26 and Sun Oct 27, at Swissnex SF (@swissnexsf) on Montgomery Street downtown.

There may also be a day-long event on Wednesday at UC Berkeley exploring more conceptual and theoretical exploration of the future of books and storytelling online.

We look forward to seeing you there!

BiB 2012: Getting ready

peter — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:35:47 +0000

BiB 2012: Program

peter — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:35:16 +0000

Detailed Schedule

October 24-26, 2012

New: videos of most talks from this conference are now available.

@ the Internet Archive
300 Funston Avenue
San Francisco, CA

… with major sponsorship from:
Safari Books Online and Kobo Books

… and further assistance from:
Pearson plc, Don Linn & Assoc., Firebrand Technologies, VitalSource Technologies, Voyager Japan, Goodreads, Enthrill Books, Frankfurter Buchmesse, and Green Apple Books!.

Wednesday evening

17:30-20:00 O’Reilly Media invites.
@ The Kabuki Hotel.

Thursday

08:30-09:00. Initio
Kat Meyer (O’Reilly Media), Peter Brantley (Internet Archive). Introduction and Welcome.

09:00-10:00. Morning session 1.
Craig Mod – Subcompact Publishing
Brian O’Leary (Magellan Media Partners) – The library within us.

10:00-10:15. Break

10:15-11:15. Morning session 2.
Adam Witwer (O’Reilly Media) – We’ve got the tools. Let’s start using them.
John Maxwell (Simon Fraser Univ.) – The Webby Future of Structured Markup: Not Your Father’s XML.
Laura Dawson (Bowker) – When a book is not a book.

11:15-11:30. Break

11:30-12:30. Morning session 3.
Miral Sattar (BiblioCrunch) – You’ve picked an authoring plaform. Now what?
Ricky Wong, Feng Hu (MobNotate) – Enabling Discovery through linking
Hugh McGuire (Pressbooks) – Authoring for Discoverability.

12:30-13:30. Lunch

13:30-14:30. Afternoon session 1.
Michael Tamblyn (Kobo Books) – /data lessons/
Chris Conley (ACLU) – Digital Books and dotRights.

14:30-14:45. Break

14:45-15:45. Afternoon session 2
Anna Lewis (ValoBox) – Books in browsers … what next?
Henrik Berggren (Readmill) – Learnings from a year of building a service for readers.
Peter Collingridge (Enhanced Editions) – Failure is an option.

15:45-16:00. Break

16:00-17:00. Afternoon session 3.
Stefanie Syman (The Atavist) – The Reader Experience.
Pablo Defendini (Safari Books Online) – Reading on the big screen.

17:00-17:30. end-of-day

Ben Moskowitz (Mozilla) – Making Popcorn.

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Evening:

17:30-18:30. Reception
18:30-19:30. Internet Archive presents

[Dinner on your own].

Friday

08:30-09:00. Re-engage
Mary Lou Jepson (Pixel Qi). Overworked Eyes: How can screens be easier on the eyes?

09:00-10:00. Morning session 1.
Liza Daly and Keith Fahlgren (Safari Books Online) – The self-publishing book.
Maureen Evans and Blaine Cook (Poeti.ca) – Dear Editor: conversation in an electronic age.

10:00-10:15. Break

10:15-11:15. Morning session 2.
Bill McCoy (IDPF) – Teaching the browser EPUB 3 (and learning on the way).
Daniel Buchner (Mozilla) – Custom Elements and – Returning the Web to Authorship.
Liz Castro (Pgs, Gourds, & Wikis) – Zen* and the art of the modular book.

11:15-11:30. Break

11:30-12:30. Morning session 3.
Nancy Ruenzel (Peachpit Press) – Lessons from the ebook foundry.
Ron Hogan (Beatrice) – Beatrice: My foray into self-publishing.
Kate Pullinger (author) – Having My Cake.

12:30-13:30. Lunch

13:30-14:30. Afternoon session 1.
Matt MacInnis (Inkling) – The Death of the Ten Dollar Text File
Masaaki Hagino (Voyager Japan) – Simpler, Smaller, Stronger (and video).
Ron Martinez (Aerbook) – Books in Clouds.

14:30-14:45. Break

14:45-15:45. Afternoon session 2.
Matthew Cavnar (Vook) – Across devices.
Adam Hyde (FLOSS Manuals) – Social Book Production.
Tobias Green (Playlab London) – The Written World.

15:45-16:00. Break

16:00-16:45. Afternoon session 3.
Kassia Krozser (Booksquare) – What Do Readers Want? Books! How Do They Want Them? Every Way Possible!.
Kevin Franco (Enthrill) – Endpaper Engine.

16:45-17:00. Finale
Tschüss! Until next time!

Thank you!

BiB12: speakers and talks

peter — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:14:46 +0000

… running …

Adam Hyde (FLOSS Manuals) – Social Book Production

Adam Witwer (O’Reilly Media) – We’ve got the tools. Let’s start using them.

Anna Lewis (ValoBox) – Books in browsers … what next?

Bill McCoy (IDPF) – Teaching the browser EPUB 3 (and learning on the way)

Brian O’Leary (Magellan Media Partners) – The library within us

Chris Conley (ACLU) – Digital Books and dotRights

Craig Mod – Why aren’t you publishing on Facebook?

Henrik Berggren (Readmill) – Learnings from a year of building a service for readers

Hugh McGuire (Pressbooks) – Authoring for Discoverability

John Maxwell (Simon Fraser Univ.) – The Webby Future of Structured Markup: Not Your Father’s XML.

Kassia Krozser (Booksquare) – What Do Readers Want? Books! How Do They Want Them? Every Way Possible!

Kate Pullinger (author) – Having My Cake

Kevin Franco (Enthrill) – Endpaper Engine

Laura Dawson (Bowker) – When a book is not a book.

Liz Castro (Pgs, Gourds, & Wikis) – Zen* and the art of the modular book

Liza Daly (Safari Books Online) – The self-publishing book

Masaaki Hagino (Voyager Japan) – Enhancement of the Book

Matt MacInnis (Inkling) – /multimedia ebooks/

Matthew Cavnar (Vook) – Reading across devices

Maureen Evans and Blaine Cook (Poeti.ca) – Dear Editor: conversation in an electronic age

Michael Tamblyn (Kobo Books) – /data lessons/

Miral Sattar (BiblioCrunch) – You’ve picked your authoring plaform. Now what?

Nancy Ruenzel (Peachpit Press) – Lessons from the ebook foundry

Pablo Defendini (Safari Books Online) – Reading on the big screen.

Peter Collingridge (Enhanced Editions) – Failure is an option

Ron Hogan (Beatrice) – Beatrice: My foray into self-publishing

Ron Martinez (Aerbook) – Books in Clouds

Stephanie Syman (Atavist) – The Reader Experience

Tobias Green (Playlab London) – The Written World

BiB12: Preliminary speakers

peter — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:51:31 +0000

We already have some exciting preliminary speakers lined up for BiB in October!
Much can change between here and then, but so far we have:

Henrik Berggren, Readmill
Baldur Bjarnason
Liz Castro, Cookwood Press
Matt Cavnar, Vook
Peter Collingridge, Enhanced Editions
Chris Conley, ACLU Northern California
Blaine Cook and Maureen Evans, Poeti.ca
Liza Daly et al., Safari Books Online
Pablo Defendini, Safari Books Online
Kevin Franco, Enthrill
Tobias Green, Playlab London
Masaaki Hagino, Voyager Japan
Adam Hyde, Floss Manuals
Mary Lou Jepson, Pixel Qi
Kassia Krozser, Booksquare
Anna Lewis, ValoBox
Ron Martinez, Aerbook
John Maxwell, Simon Fraser Univ.
Hugh McGuire, Pressbooks
Bill McCoy, IDPF
Matt McInnis, Inkling
Craig Mod
Brian O’Leary, Magellan Media Partners
Kate Pullinger, writer
Nancy Ruenzel, Peachpit Press
Miral Sattar, BiblioCrunch
Bob Stein, SocialBook
Stefanie Syman, Atavist
Michael Tamblyn, Kobo Books
Clive Thompson, Wired
Adam Witwer, O’Reilly Media
Laura Dawson, Bowker

BiB12 will return to the Internet Archive

peter — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:27:34 +0000

Books in Browsers 2012 will return to the Internet Archive!

We will be in the upstairs pews area, not downstairs, for those who are familiar with our facility.

Sponsoring options are now available; please contact me for more information.

We will require registration fees this year for the first time to offset our costs; however, I expect the attendance will be slightly larger. Registration costs will be partially offset for not-for-profits, educational, early-stage startups, and invited independent professionals. As before, special attention will be provided international attendees.

More information will be available soon.

BiB 2012: Topic

peter — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:22:14 +0000

Books in Browsers 2012 will focus on authoring platforms, portability of the reading experience, and open ebook standards. Stay tuned for more!

Please hold the Dates: October 25-26, 2012, in San Francisco!

Books in Browsers: 2012

peter — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:09:55 +0000

Save the date!

October 25-26, 2012

Books in Browsers 2012 will be held on Thursday – Friday, October 25-26, 2012 in San Francisco, with an RSVP event on Wednesday night, October 24.

We look forward to seeing you!

Books in Browsers 2011: Sponsors

peter — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:41:00 +0000

The Internet Archive and O’Reilly Media

welcome our attendees and sponsors!

With major support from Safari Books Online:

Sponsorship gift from Ingram VitalSource:

Accessories from Ibis Reader:

Official bookstore is Green Apple Books:

Books in Browsers: Ignite

peter — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:32:13 +0000

Join the Internet Archive, O’Reilly Media, and 150 of the most exciting and innovative leaders in publishing on Thursday night, October 27 for BiB: Ignite! The program will run from 18:30-19:30 (6:30-7:30 pm), at the Internet Archive, 300 Funston Avenue in San Francisco. Reception starts at 17:30 (5:30 pm).

Ignite talks are special format where each speaker has just five minutes to share their personal and professional visions in 20 slides, auto-advancing every 15 seconds.

The Ignite program will bring the latest news from the Archive’s Open Library project plus 10 of the hottest new companies from around the world, many of them just emerging from stealth, that are defining the future of reading and publishing. Several of these startups will be presenting their work for the very first time.

Join us for a couple of hours on a Thursday night, and get a peek at the future of books!
Press are welcome. Please RSVP at RSVP@archive.org.

Looking forward to seeing you there!