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