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October 6, 2011

The Book Also Rises--TOC New York 2012 Plots Publishing's Future

O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference

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Sebastopol, CA, October 6, 2011—If you care about the future of publishing, O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing Conference can show you where it's headed February 13-15, 2012, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. Chairs Kat Meyer and Joe Wikert have created a program that brings together cutting-edge speakers, topics pushing the boundaries of how we define publishing, and unique insight into what lies ahead as publishing transitions into its next phase. Registration has just opened for the event, which sells out year after year.

Organized into tracks of Manage, Make, and Market, the current list of featured speakers includes:

TOC reaches outside traditional industry boundaries to find people and companies from around the world who are doing stuff that matters. Not only does TOC cover what's working now, but we also look ahead to what will work as publishing transitions to the next phase.

Early registration discounts apply until November 10.

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To view all videos from TOC 2011, see:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=16E261CDB64A51AF

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