Bret BernhoftTag: Portland | Bret Bernhoft http://www.bretevan.com Web Analyst and Internet Broadcaster Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:01:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Just another WordPress site Bret Bernhoft no Bret Bernhoft bret@insyghtconsulting.com bret@insyghtconsulting.com (Bret Bernhoft) Reuse and Remix Web Analyst and Internet Broadcaster Bret BernhoftTag: Portland | Bret Bernhoft http://www.bretevan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Favicon.png http://www.bretevan.com Portland Oregon Weekly Page Turn PDX http://www.bretevan.com/page-turn-pdx/ http://www.bretevan.com/page-turn-pdx/#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:02:45 +0000 Bret Bernhoft http://www.bretevan.com/?p=440 Tonight I attended an event called “Page Turn” which was geared towards the publishing and creative literary communities in Portland. Now, as those of you who know me will already appreciate, I enjoy taking notes for instances like this; recall. As part of that process I wanted to give you a rundown of the first five speakers and their main points.

It is important to remember that there were 10 speakers, however I ran out of room to take notes on the napkin I was using after only five. :( Here is what I have.

  1. Greg Netzer – Wordstock: Books are history. To publish is to create community. The goal of a publisher, in addition to creating community, is to create a dialogue about the literature. If you engage the audience you will receive a benefit for printed text.
  2. Joshua Tallent – eBook Architects: The printed form of books are not going away, but will forever be changed because of eBooks. The goal of any publisher is to see what is coming.
  3. Victoria Blake – Underland Press: A “wovel” is a Web Novel, a crowdsourced narrative. When reading her web novels, only 30% of readers made it to the end. Information wants to be free.
  4. Justin Hocking – IPRC: Considers himself a publishing community, not a company. Describes what he does as an underground operation. The Zine is very personal. The Zine is made possible by the “Gift Economy”.
  5. Josh Kenyon and Colby Nichols – Jolby: Funded their book with Kickstarter. 60% were from family and friends and the remaining 40% were “others”.

There you have it, a brief rundown of some examples of the future of publishing. I did enjoy the event and hope to see more like them in the future.

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