VABook! Publishers Day presents:

The eBook
Publishing and Promoting Books Online

Saturday March 24, 2001, 9AM - 5PM
Omni Charlottesville Hotel Ballroom
235 W. Main St, Charlottesville

Join us for four informative panels on:

  • the electronic frontier of ePublishing;
  • and a large Vendors Fair featuring eBook hardware and software manufacturers, ePublishers and a variety of book industry vendors.


Schedule:

8 am

Vendor's Fair Opens, coffee and donuts available

9 am

ePublishing

  • Mayapriya Long, moderator
  • Diane Zoi - amazon.com
  • John Feldcamp, CEO, Xlibris
  • Angela Adair Hoy - Booklocker.com
  • Sunny Ross - Mystic-Ink.com
  • Stephen Pendergrast - Fictionwise.com
  • Jeff Schwaner - GreatUnpublished.com

10:30 am

Promoting Online: Learn Through Successful Case Histories

  • Carol Fitzgerald, Moderator - bookreporter.com
  • MJ Rose - author (dubbed by Publisher's Weekly the "Queen of eBooks")
  • Doug Clegg - author
  • Pauline Jones - author

12 noon

Luncheon - Sponsored by Xlibris and BN.com, featuring the First Independent e-Book Awards

2 pm

Brainstorming (Attendees Bring Their eBooks)

  • M. J. Rose
  • Diane Zoi

3 pm

Who's Reading What, On What, and What's Next?

  • David Seaman - Director, UVA Etext Center (largest ebook library in the world)
  • Lisa Clark - Adobe/Glassbooks
  • Amy Eisner - TK-3 and NightKitchen
  • R. Micheal Segroves - Peanut Press
  • Robert Garthwaite - Franklin Electronic Publishers

4 pm

Browse Vendor's Fair



Cost: Attendee price is $35 per person. This price includes attendance at any/all of the panel presentations plus a buffet luncheon with panelists and representatives. Print out the Attendee Form and mail to: VABook! 145 Ednam Drive / Charlottesville, VA 22903; or fax it to 804-296-4714.
Attendee
Form

INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AS A VENDOR?
Click here to view the Vendor Form and read details on how to become a Vendor at this conference. Tables are $85 for a single and $150 for a double, $10 for electrical hookups. Two and one half hours of browsing time for attendess are scheduled into the program, with all-day walk through traffic in the Charlottesville Omni Hotel Atrium. Deadline for table registration is March 9, unless sold out in advance.
Vendor Form

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? Click here to view the Sponsor Form to read details on how to become a sponsoring company for this event. Sponsors receive:
  • a table at the Vendors fair;
  • admission to all events;
  • logo advertising on this website and festival program materials;
  • and an invitation to a festival reception at the UVA President's home.
Sponsor Form