Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Digital Book World 2011

This week I’m at Digital Book World 2011 in New York City. This conference is about eBooks and the digital delivery of books. The key take away is publishing is experiencing a dramatic change and you better climb aboard or you’ll get left bThis week I’m at Digital Book World 2011 in New York City. This conference is about eBooks and the digital delivery of books. The key take away is publishing is experiencing a dramatic change and you better climb aboard or you’ll get left behind. During the keynote the moderator called it a “tsunami.”
This morning I attended a wonderful presentation about managing writing on the internet. However, in the afternoon I attended a workshop that was as dry as toast. Fortunately I got a few alerts from Luxulous that it was my turn to place some words. I’m a shockingly bad Scrabble player and I think people like playing against me because they get such enormous scores. Right now I’m getting cleaned in a two person game and lagging behind in a three person game. Is it possible to improve at Scrabble or do you just always suck? I can’t seem to get my score any higher than “disgraceful.