This will be my first year attending, and while a few presentations immediately jumped out at me as must-sees (eg: You Are Not a Gadget author Jaron Lanier), I decided to ask other people in publishing why they are going and what/who they are most looking forward to seeing.
Author: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Guy LeCharles Gonzalez has spent the vast majority of his career in media (primarily magazines and books, physical and digital), and has worn a variety of hats for companies of all shapes and sizes. This is his personal website reflecting his personal thoughts and opinions, some of which may have evolved over time. YMMV.
On DBW, SXSWi, Upcoming Gigs and Steampunk
You’re losing control of your own destiny. Authors, distributors and readers are getting closer to each other. –Shiv Singh, Engaging…
Macmillan Authors Rally Fans in Battle with Amazon
Whether you agree with Macmillan’s push for new terms of sale for their ebooks or not, one thing that’s been…
Generalization Fail
When you’re ranting about the evils of “Big Publishing”, it helps to remember that for every My Life Outside the…
Shout-Outs: Lanier, Wendig and the Robots
“The combination of hive mind and advertising has resulted in a new kind of social contract. The basic idea of…
A Quick Note on the Fabled “iPod Moment”
There are millions of books on amazon.com, and on average each will sell around 500 copies a year. The average…
“E” is for Experiment (Not eBooks)
Much like TV, which quickly evolved from simply broadcasting radio programs into its own unique medium, there’s a line where something stops being a book and becomes…something else entirely — a completely new medium with its own rules, pros and cons. We’re not there yet, though.