Join the CBC for Children’s Publishing Goes Digital in NYC
The first big digital conference of the year is just weeks away. Digital Book World Conference & Expo will take place January 23-25 at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in New York City.
On Monday, January 23, Publishers Launch Conferences will present the first full-day conference devoted the fast-growing digital children’s market. Children’s Publishing Goes Digital will dive deep into the changing the landscape of children’s publishing and will help publishers find ways to react and adapt to stay ahead of the shift.
Join New York Times bestselling author Jane O’Connor and NOOK Kids for a discussion of their work on children’s interactive ebooks and apps. Hear how traditional children’s publishers like Scholastic, Penguin, Macmillan, and HarperCollins are developing new digital strategies. And get vital data about children’s book purchasing and consumption habits from Bowker‘s ongoing study of children’s book consumers.
You’ll see new initiatives from up-and-coming digital children’s publishers Oceanhouse Media, zuuka, Loud Crow, and Storybird. You’ll also learn about: new licensing challenges and opportunities; how to work with online children’s and teen communities to market your titles; and the digital history and upcoming developments for Disney and Sesame Street.
Publishers and technology providers from around the world will be in attendance, and Children’s Publishing Goes Digital attendees will also have access to the DBW exhibit halls on Monday for a chance to meet with over 30 companies exhibiting there.
Children’s Book Council members qualify for special discounts on both Children’s Publishing Goes Digital and Digital Book World. Members, these discount codes are listed in CBC Update.
