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NEW COURSE Places are available: Taking eBooks to Market Tuesday 11 May 2010, London Delegate comments from other ALPSP courses: 'Course material - Excellent! It was great to have all the information immediately accessible online and certainly an appropriate medium for the course ... The instructors did really well to cover a great range of topics in an interesting and informative manner.... I had a really enjoyable day and learnt a great deal about the technologies and tools available that can be applied to a journal publishing environment. Many Thanks!' R. Walton, PLoS Overview: This course aims to provide guidance on the most effective routes to market, for smaller publishers who intend to make digital versions of their books available, or are already doing so. It will take an interactive, group-led approach to solving problems and/or identifying opportunities around each of the questions listed below: Programme: * What content do you have already (i.e. subject areas, types of books, frontlist/backlist) and what might the best online business models be for these different content types? What should go online first? * How should you mitigate risks like piracy and potential loss of print revenue? How significant are these risks? * What rights implications are there likely to be? * What technical issues (e.g. formats, metadata, functionality, security) will you need to address? * Should you develop your own delivery platform, use a platform provider or opt for aggregators' services? If the latter, which ones? * What sales and marketing strategies should you adopt for online book content? Is the market different from print, and if so in what ways? * If you sell online journals already, can you deliver ebooks in a similar way? * Will you get a good return on your investment, and how quickly? * Are there any new opportunities for print book sales? * From digitised books to content born online - what's next? Who should attend: If you work in editorial, sales, marketing or any position concerned with strategies to take your book content to market, then this course is for you. Further information at: http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=144415 <http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=144415> All of our 2010 training courses are available on www.alpsp-training.org <http://www.alpsp-training.org/> NEW 2010 Courses: Citation Analysis for Publishers: http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=145170 <http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=145170> Getting the Most from Journal Publicity: http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=145124 2010 Courses: Project Management for Publishing: http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=144329 Web 2.0: Online communities and social media: http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=144322 Introduction to Journals Publishing: http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=144462 Barbara Holmes Training Administrator Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: +44 (0) 1993 772 727 ALPSP Web Site: www.alpsp.org <http://www.alpsp.org/> ALPSP is a Company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England and Wales Registration Number:4081634. Registered Office: 1-3 Ship Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex BN43 5DH UK lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn