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I'll be blogging about BookExpo America (BEA) throughout my visit to DC, but won't have any updates during the day because of the WHORISHLY EXPENSIVE WI-FI

this panel:
Premium Publishing in a Web 2.0 World: Finding Paths to Profitability via Merging Media Channels

presented by Shore Communications, I think.

verdict: booooring, mostly

main points:

• discussion of various web 2.0 technologies like wikis, blogs, RSS, mashups, been there and done that
  
• customers are willing to spend more for edge or niche content than mainstream stuff
  
• evolution of the publishing industry
  

How to make money

• concentrate on contextualization, not content
  
• develop talent and help it grow. use web as a "farm" system
  

What is a web 2.0 book

• original works of authorship that gain value over time
  
• packages as specific users demand it
  
• sourced from one or more multiple contributors and media
  
• easily transferred from one personal device to another
  
• easily upgraded and archived
  

I can't even remember the rest. I used this session to plan the rest of my day

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