Posted on January 26, 2012 by Dan Blank

I just got back from Digital Book World, which directly followed Writer’s Digest Conference (photo recap here) at the Sheraton in New York City.

Welcome!

I ran a workshop on the first day, 3 hours focused on Content Strategy ROI:

The conference was packed, I believe more than 1200 attendees:

One of the panels looking at what publishers can learn from the romance market:

Even with great programming and sessions, the best parts of the conference can still happen in hallways like this, meeting up with old friends and making new ones:

1,500 boxed lunches:

One of my favorite panels, where Simon Lipskar of Writers House lead a discussion on the changing author/publisher relationship:

The hottest commodity in the venue: electrical outlets:

The hands of Porter Anderson who tirelessly covered the event via Twitter. These are the tools of the modern reporter: screens, plugs, and of course: COFFEE!

I really enjoyed the event. You can find in-depth recaps here:

• Porter Anderson’s recap in his weekly column “Writing on the Ether” for JaneFriedman.com
• Shelf Awareness coverage, which includes a nice mention of my workshop. Thanks Ron Hogan!

Thanks so much to F+W Media for putting on such a great event!
-Dan

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