Oxford Brookes University | Publishing | Publishing Podcasts

Beverley Tarquini, Senior Lecturer in Publishing, Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, was the chair for this seminar. The 3 speakers were: Jonathan Ferman, Business Development Manager, Creative Solutions Adobe Systems Europe Ltd Robin Harvie, Editorial director, The Friday Project at Harper Collins Alison Jones, Director of Digital Development, Palgrave Macmillan Publishers

Michael Bhaskar is the current Digital Publishing Manager at Profile Books, where he is developing their ebook programme. Previously at Pan Macmillan from 2007 to 2010, he developed the digital programme from scratch. He will be talking about the challenges for big and small companies in the digital world, and how, when it comes to ebooks, publishers are misinformed. Michael also writes for BookBrunch.

From the micro-blogging wonder of Twitter, to the media sharing experience of Flickr, through to the omnipotent social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace; it is a veritable multi-media minefield out there! To shine a light on this brave new world, Sam Missingham, Director, Lounge Marketing; Head of Audience Development for The Bookseller Magazine and http://www.thebookseller.com, and Davina Quarterman, List Marketing Manager, Life Science Journals, Wiley-Blackwell will be talking to us about how publishers can take advantage of social media platforms to develop their titles and to connect with their audience. Speakers Sam Missingham  — Director, Lounge Marketing; Head of Audience Development for The Bookseller Magazine and http://www.thebookseller.com (See presentation -PDF) Davina Quarterman  — List Marketing Manager, Life Science Journals (See presentation -PDF)

Emma Barnes is Co-founder and Managing Director of Snowbooks, an independent publisher, and is Director of OnixCentral, a xml-based software supplier to the publishing industry.

Dr Simon Juden is the Chief Executive, Publishers Association. This talk was given as a Digital Lunchtime Seminar in the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies.

Michael Rodgers - Tales From Publishing

Stuart Lee is Reader in E-learning and Digital Libraries and Project Director of the First World War Poetry Digital Archive digitisation project and Great War Archive Initiative

Before joining Lightning Source UK in July 2000, Suzanne worked for 5 years as a company director with B.H.Blackwell Limited, the book retailer, international library supplier and subscription services company. While at Blackwell’s she was the director responsible for marketing communications, electronic product development and publisher relations.

Christopher Davis is uniquely positioned to tell the story of DK's rise and fall. He joined the company at its foundation and in due course became Group Publisher. The narrative he provides is a dual one, encompassing the visionary genius of Peter Kindersley and the publishing revolution he fomented, and charting the remarkable, sometimes precarious, frequently hilarious, roller-coaster ride as the company grew from a handful of people in a studio in South London to a substantial global business.

Wendy Cope, celebrated poet and author of acclaimed collections of her poetry ('Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis') joins Will Atkinson, Sales and Marketing Director of her publishers, Faber & Faber. This event was organised by OPUS but took place at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University.

Join Bridget Shine, Executive Director of the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG), as she outlines the current state of the book trade and its impact on independent publishers. Bridget will provide insight from the front lines of the industry and will look at how independent publishers are weathering the recession. She will also show how the IPG is supporting its members. Giles Lewis, Director of How To Books, will join her and provide the case study of an independent publisher trading in the current climate.

Louise Allen is the Design and Print Manager, Marketing Services for the Academic Division at Oxford University Press

Vanessa Lafaye from Wiley-Blackwell introduces the Online Compass Journals. The Compass journals publish state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed survey articles entirely online, there is no print version. This innovative product is demonstrated and the use of technology explained. Here is the link to the online Journal.

Publishers are increasingly being forced to respond to seismic changes in their environment: can they evolve to survive in the new information landscape, and what challenges and opportunities do they face? Alison Jones is Director of Digital Development at Palgrave Macmillan

During this presentation Richard Orme, the Head of Accessibility for the RNIB, explains his organization's role as an alternate format publisher. He shows how they work hand-in-hand with other publishers, to improve the way their books can be made available to all.