EBF/IBF Annual Conference 2008 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 11-14 June

Joined Promotion in the Dutch Booktrade
by Henk Kraima, managing director of "Stichting CPNB" (Foundation for the Promotion of the Dutch Book)
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
by Ronald Jansen, CIO at "Centraal Boekhuis"
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e-Warehouses
by Bob Jackson, Commercial Director of Gardners Books in the UK
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The Book Industry Study Group's View
by Michael Healy, Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group, New York
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Basic Booksellers Practices
by Marina Kameneva, Director of Moscow Book House and President of the Russian Booksellers Association
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Books you need straight to office
by Marina Kameneva, Director of Moscow Book House and President of the Russian Booksellers Association
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EBF/IBF SEMINARS AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2007

Seminar 1
"SELLING AUDIO BOOKS IS FUN!”
Ms. Tittel was during many years CEO of Dussmann das Kulturkaufhaus in Berlin and knows much about the German Book and Audio Book Trade. Now a free-lance consultant, she will explain how and why the German audio-book market is booming. Who buys audio-books? Which share of the market? Which price strategy? What to expect in the near future in Germany and elsewhere?
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Seminar 2
“THE DIGITAL WAREHOUSE: AN OVERVIEW ABOUT GARDNER‘S COMBINED PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION FROM A BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS PERSPECTIVE”
Bob Jackson, Commercial Director of Gardners Books, U.K., will explain how Gardners will adapt to the digital revolution and offer new services to publishers and booksellers.
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EBF Annual Conference 2007 - Coimbra, Portugal, 3-6 May 2007

EBF/IBF SEMINARS AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2006

How to start an English Section in your Bokshop?
by Liz Mc Naughton, European Sales Manager, Pub Easy
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How to deal with Digitisation in your Bookshop?

by John Mc Namee, EBF President and bookseller in PortLaoise, Ireland
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How to deal with Digitisation in your Bookshop?

by Juancho Pons, EBF Vice-President and bookseller Zaragoza, Spain
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EBF and IBF Annual Conference 2006 - Turin, Italy, 3-6 May 2006

Innovate... or Fail! "... Keep your Bookshop in Business by keeping your Business in the Bookshop"

The aim of the conference is to focus participants’ attention on the absolute necessity of keeping up with innovations in the trade if they want to expand their bookselling activity, or even simply stay in business.
Technologies are evolving faster and faster and bringing in new challenges at a rapid pace: Google is defying the book community with its Google Print and Google Library Programmes. New types of electronic books are to be launched on the market. Authors can contact their readers directly through online book providers.
How to cope with these changes? What implications do they have for the book trade as a whole, and on bookselling in particular? Is it the end of the paper book? What impact will all this have on the book supply chain and on the behaviour of consumers? Will there still be publishers and booksellers in 20 years’ time?

The conference, jointly organised by the European Booksellers Federation and the International Booksellers Federation, will explore and discuss these challenging issues and see how booksellers can “keep their bookshop in business by keeping their business in the bookshop”

The organization of the conference has been possible thanks to the help and the support of ALI, (Associazione Librai Italiani) and of the Turin Book fair.

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