Innovation, Threat and Opportunity in Changing Business Models

1:15 to 2:05 p.m.
Platinum I & II

Growing e-revenues and declining print pose an existential challenge to any publisher relying on ‘business as usual’. Mathijs Suidman, Manager of Product Management at Centraal Boekhuis illustrates how e-book rental is being pioneered in the Dutch market. Lee Harris, editor at Angry Robot, describes how fiercely strong links with committed readers can energise both print and digital. And Emrah Ozpirincci, MD of Oxford University Press, Turkey, describes the threats and real opportunities for educational publishers posed by the ambitious Fatih e-learning project in Turkey. Ronald Schild of MVB will chair the session.