Publishers' Forum 2014

Die Hofner und Wilhelm Publisher Consultants GmbH, auch auf dem Publishers’ Forum 2014 vertreten, führen derzeit eine Umfrage durch:

“Verlage stehen heute vor völlig veränderten Herausforderungen, auch bei Einkauf und Beschaffung. Diese Umfrage will herausfinden: Wie sieht das Einkaufsverhalten in Verlagen derzeit konkret aus? Wie arbeiten sie in der Beschaffung? Welche Rolle spielt der Einkauf hinsichtlich mehr Rendite und Effizienz?”

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Es ist geplant, dass die ersten Ergebnisse auf dem Publishers’ Forum genannt werden.

In einem Artikel auf buchreport.de meint der Selfpublishing-Autor Hugh Howey, der auch am Publishers’ Forum 2014 teilnehmen wird, dass Autoren, die ihre Texte selber herausbringen, mehr verdienen als solche, die dies bei Verlagen tun:

http://www.buchreport.de/nachrichten/online/online_nachricht/datum/2014/02/12/selfpublisher-verdienen-mehr.htm

Christoph Keese, seit 1.9.2013 Executive Vice President der Axel Springer AG, wird auf dem CEO Day des Publishers‘ Forum 2014 am 5.5.2014 in Berlin ein neuartiges, die Grenzen zwischen zwei traditionellen Medien – Fernsehen und Tageszeitung – auflösendes Geschäftsmodell vorstellen. Der Arbeitstitel seines Vortrags lautet: „Das disruptive Projekt N24 & DIE WELT“.

Please note that the hashtag for the 2014 event is

#pf14_

We look forward to your tweets.

“At this year’s ‘Publishers’ Forum’, on May 5 and 6, 2014 in Berlin, a gathering of leading book professionals from both Germany as well as international players will review trends, and discuss consequences resulting from these developments. And I feel honored to have been asked to help in programming the event, together with its long time director and mastermind, Helmut von Berg.”

Read the full article published by Rüdiger Wischenbart (Content & Consulting)

Hugh Howey is currently one of the most successful writers who started his career as a self-publisher and – having become successful – has decided to sell only some of his rights to publishers and to retain e-book rights.

He became famous for “WOOL”, “a series of science fiction novellas”. Wikipedia states, “In 2012, Howey signed a deal with Simon and Schuster to distribute WOOL to book retailers across the US and Canada. The deal allowed Howey to continue to sell the book online exclusively. He notably turned down seven figure offers in favor of a mid six figure sum in return for maintaining e-book rights.”

We are delighted that Hugh has accepted our invitation to join us at the Forum to discuss the future of publishing and the future role of (traditional) publishing houses. He will talk to two renowned journalists, Ed Nawotka from Publishing Perspectives and Porter Anderson who has a weekly column in The Bookseller. But as the Publishers’ Forum is here to inspire you and to ask questions which many people think cannot be asked, you are most welcome and invited to participate in the discussion.

Author Hugh Howey, “perhaps our most articulate champion of professional self-publishing”, has been invited to speak at the Publishers’ Forum 2014, as Publishing Perspectives reveals:

“This new essay’s perspective ['Don’t Anyone Put Me in Charge' - editor's remark] is so compelling that Klopotek, a top European publishing services provider, has reached out to Howey to speak at its annual conference as a direct result of the piece. And Germany’s buchreport.magazin has translated the essay: Hugh Howey entwirft den idealen Verlag aus Autorensicht: Was Verlage von Selfpublishern lernen können.”

Read the full article published by Publishing Perspectives

Bedeutende Keynotes erwarten Sie 2014 von:
You can look forward to highly valuable keynote presentations from:

• Richard Charkin, Executive Director Bloomsbury
• Dr. Johann Kempe, CTO Holtzbrinck Group
• Nigel Newton, CEO Bloomsbury | Francis Bennett, Deputy Chairman Yale University Press | Dr. Sven Fund, CEO de Gruyter (“State of Publishing 2020” – DEBATE!)
• Prof. Dr. Margret Ruep, Ministerialdirektorin a.D. (“Dilemmata der Bildungssysteme in Deutschland”)
• Stephan Schierke, arvato | Ludger Wicher, hgv | Thomas Raff, KNO VA | Alfred Becht, Rhenus Media (“Dienstleistung und Digitalisierung” – DEBATE!)
• Dr. David Klett, Klett Lernen und Information | Dr. Anja Hagen, Cornelsen (“Bildung und Digitalisierung” – DEBATE!)

“Our world is overflowing with media. To argue in favor of more specialization and differentiation seems foolish – but still it is neither avoidable nor impossible.”
By Helmut von Berg, Klopotek

Read the article published at www.publishingperspectives.com

Die Organisatoren des Publishers’ Forum freuen sich, dass das Börsenblatt und buchreport die Konferenz 2014 als Medienpartner journalistisch begleiten werden.