Ted Hill of THA Consulting will break down the different types of cloud-based offerings available to the publishing industry. He'll help you understand the breadth and depth of services available and what you need to know when looking for the right solution.
Understanding the Options: A review of cloud services and solutions available to publishers (Ted Hill)
1. Understanding the Options:
A review of cloud services and
solutions available to publishers
Book Publishing in the Cloud
July 26, 2012
NYC
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3. Who I am/what I do
Business development consultant
30 years publishing experience
Business application of new technologies
Launched dozens of new business
initiatives
Raw startups to large corporations
8. Publishing specific solutions
Address unique needs of publishers
Applications include:
Contracts, rights & royalties
Title management
Editorial & production management
Editorial & production workflow
Digital asset management
Digital asset & metadata distribution
9. Business intelligence, marketing &
commerce solutions
May be unique to publishing or not
Some applications include:
Social media (Facebook, Twitter)
Marketing tools (Google AdWords,)
Business intelligence & analytics (Book
Radar, Bookseer)
Sales tracking & validation (RoyaltyShare)
B2B services (NetGalley, Edelweiss)
Many, many others
10. When should IT be a part of the process?
Whenever they can be helpful
When ever more than a few users are
involved
Whenever you’re spending a noticeable
amount of money
Whenever you need to push out or pull in
data or content from any of your other
software systems