EVENT: Applying Publishing Technology in Low-Income Economies
Speaker: Arthur Atwell, Electric Book Works
Location: Wall Street II, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
In developed countries, retailers, aggregators and publishers are establishing myriad services and conventions for digital publishing. The resulting technology has great social and economic potential in developing countries too. But how can we apply that technology where there are no smartphones, ereaders or netbooks, where bandwidth is expensive, and where the web is new to most? Where are the markets and potential returns? Arthur Attwell discusses some of the work his company and others are doing to make the most of publishing technology in low-income economies.
About the speaker:
Arthur Attwell is founder and CEO of Electric Book Works, a small publishing and R&D company specializing in digital publishing and POD. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, EBW finds and tests ways to apply digital-publishing best practice in developing countries. More information ...
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Speaker: Arthur Atwell, Electric Book Works
Location: Wall Street II, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
In developed countries, retailers, aggregators and publishers are establishing myriad services and conventions for digital publishing. The resulting technology has great social and economic potential in developing countries too. But how can we apply that technology where there are no smartphones, ereaders or netbooks, where bandwidth is expensive, and where the web is new to most? Where are the markets and potential returns? Arthur Attwell discusses some of the work his company and others are doing to make the most of publishing technology in low-income economies.
About the speaker:
Arthur Attwell is founder and CEO of Electric Book Works, a small publishing and R&D company specializing in digital publishing and POD. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, EBW finds and tests ways to apply digital-publishing best practice in developing countries. More information ...
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