DanKok’s Tweets from the 2009 TOC Conference

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estherschindler: @DanKok Damn I wish I could be at the #toc conference.

DanKok: @estherschindler should e a really good conference., especially with eBooks at the tipping point. Create a search group with #toc.

DanKok: RT @MichaelHyatt: If you are not at the O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference , create a search group in Twitter with the #TOC tag.

DanKok: RT @mashable: Kindle 2.0: Thinner, More Storage…But Is It Enough? ( http://ping.fm/fdFkj ) #toc

shermanhu: consumers R looking 4 shorter form content. eBook abridgements may do very well. #toc (via @DanKok)

DanKok: Most trade publishers are selling ebooks directly from their websites. #toc

totai: @DanKok: yes but are most customers shopping at publishers websites? #toc

DanKok: http://bit.ly/XlQHhttp://bit.ly/XlQH Selling books by the chapter, sampling. #toc

DanKok: mobile google book search. didn't know this was out there #toc

toc: RT @DanKok: http://bit.ly/XlQH Selling books by the chapter, sampling. #toc

DanKok: Symtio - great idea - will it work?#toc

jsteeleeditor: RT @toc RT @DanKok: http://bit.ly/XlQH Selling books by the chapter, sampling. #toc

DanKok: Do you use different ISBN's for each eBook format? What about DLI's? #toc

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DanKok: starting ebooks2 tutorial. Sounds like the focus will be on Kindle, so I'm looking forward to it. #toc

TOCConNow: by @DanKok: starting ebooks2 tutorial. Sounds like the focus will be on Kindle, so I'm looking forward to it. #toc

DanKok: the epub presentation for ebooks 2 has not been very helpful. I really don't care about the nuances between epub and pdf. #toc

DanKok: should we consider doing epub only like some publishers? no kindle then. #toc

DanKok: Interesing that more audio books have been sold with no DRM. eBooks heading this way, should be for the better. #toc

DanKok: picture books are "easier" with epub. interesting...#toc

DanKok: http://bit.ly/iA0c Now we're getting to the good stuff! Check out Kindle formatting. #toc

DanKok: The new Kindle looks a little better, but not as classy as the Sony eReader. #toc

DanKok: interesting session with Josh Tallent - Kindle formatting guru. Can't wait to talk with him. #toc

DanKok: Will people ever think of epub like mp3? #toc

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DanKok: #toc At the morning session. Intersting to see how far back multimedia in publishing has been around.

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DanKok: When someone puts a lock on something you own and doesn't give you the key, it's not to benefit you - Cory Doctorow #toc

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DanKok: #toc In the Google seminar with Jon Orwant. Very interesting session about Google Book Search.

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DanKok: #toc Browsing book content online leads to buying. Sounds simple, publishers need to let go an offer free looks at content.

DanKok: #toc - O'Reilly needs to try and flex meeting spaces . Why would they have Bringing Sexy Back in a huge ballroom? Nobody's here!

DanKok: #toc the sessions I wanted to attend were in tiny rooms and completely packed. The Google settlement session in a tiny room?

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DanKok: #toc - listening to Jeff Jarvis - author of What Would Google Do?

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DanKok: #toc Sara Lloyd (Pan Macmillan) is speaking now about what the future looks like for publishing.

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DanKok: #toc Jason Fried - 37 signals is giving his presentation. Talking about repurposing content.

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DanKok: #toc At the Lightning Demos. Interesting Stanza presentation. Booklamp.org looks pretty cool as well.

DanKok: #toc BookGlutton seems like a very useful application. I can see this working well with the Bible or other religious content.

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DanKok: #toc most people use Stanza in their bed. This is pretty amazing. I would have guessed that most of the usage was out of the house.

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DanKok: RT @pikafoop: @DanKok This is why I wish the Kindle had a backlight. :) Well said. If most reading is in bed, why not! #toc

DanKok: #toc kids have access to content in seconds, and they know nothing else.

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DanKok: #toc In a revolution is when fortunes get made. Embrace the revolution. - Tim O'Reilly

DanKok: Curation still matters. #toc

DanKok: #toc Tim O'Reilly is a very compelling speaker. The best by far at the TOC .

DanKok: make your content available in every format, whereever people want it. #toc

DanKok: RT @totai: TIm just said that 50% of sales will be eBooks by 2011! Wow, I cannot believe this talk! #toc. Alarming if true!

DanKok: writing is no longer a solitary activity. #toc

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DanKok: RT @totai: TIm just said that 50% of sales will be eBooks by 2011! Wow, I cannot believe this talk! #toc. Alarming if true!

DanKok: writing is no longer a solitary activity. #toc

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DanKok: Peter Balis - Wiley - eBooks: How soon is now - Wiley is pretty agressive with eBooks. Main problem, some content is not reflowable. #toc

DanKok: Most of us are operating in the print first model. Need to get away from designing for the fixed page size. #toc

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DanKok: Need to look at the reader data and analytics behind the ebook. #toc

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DanKok: Vincent Hendersen - Innodata - Competing to win in an eBook market. Very informative. #toc