London Book Fair

during the visit to the london book fair i spent the majority of my time within the digital zone. here i saw what new digital innovations would be entering the publishing domain within the next 12months. Much of the new technology was focused upon the increasing demand for E-books and the necessities to host, download and sell these products online. Metadata was the buzzword of the convention and how it was essential for the continued success and development of digital products, during a key note speech I noted the varying methods of classification which is used for digital devices such as dewey or ISNI alongside ISBN etc.

Self publishing and the needs of self publishing authors was an area of interest for me, due to this i sat in a amazon self publishing seminar and took note of the variety of tool available, such as publicity features and pricing models to gain success. The Amazon representatives were very secretive towards revealing further plans for this sector of their business however I got the impression that further developments were ongoing.