Sponsors/Exhibitors

Many thanks to the generous product and service providers who are helping to make DBW Discoverability & Marketing Conference possible. Click on the logos below to find out how they can help you get your content discovered, market more effectively, and stay aware of the many tools available to help spread the word about words.

For information on sponsoring or exhibiting at DBW Discoverability & Marketing Conference 2012, contact Ray Kyle at 561-537-0883 or you can e-mail him at  ray.kyle@fwmedia.com.

Exhibitors

 

 
 BookBaby is THE destination for writers seeking a simple and fast solution for eBook creation and sales. Authors receive 100% of net sales revenue from BookBaby’s growing retail network, including Amazon, Apple, B&N, Sony and Kobo. Introductory offer -- Just $99 per eBook including FREE basic file conversion to ePub.
 
 
 
Meet Lisa, an e-book power buyer who reads at home, on flights and while waiting for her morning bus. Lisa once had favorite destinations for discovery, guided by recommendations or quirky displays. But they’re gone. So how will Lisa learn about your latest titles or noteworthy backlist?

EndTap is for e-books what endcaps are for print at physical retail. The EndTap e-book merchandising system leverages your book trailers and cover art, displaying them in the right place at the right time for customers to discover and buy.  Take control of the your book merchandising. Turn your ebooks into powerful points of sale with EndTap.

Technology Short Sponsors

Atavist is a media and software company at the forefront of digital, mobile publishing. Our mission is to enable the next generation of multimedia storytelling, reaching readers across mobile devices and the web. Atavist’s unique "create once, publish everywhere" platform lets publishers and authors integrate audio, video, and interactive elements into mobile apps and ebooks. That software also powers our flagship publishing arm, The Atavist, featuring award-winning original e-singles.

 
Biztegra delivers powerful solutions for the social web. We help organizations define effective online strategies to support their business objectives and then develop compelling contemporary web, mobile and social media solutions to achieve those goals. Biztegra's focus is to ensure that, at the end of the day, a client’s technology and marketing investments achieve the desired business results.

Biztegra prides itself as being more than an agency, but a partner that helps clients navigate through all of the complexity, jargon and noise about modern marketing and technology to envision what is possible, plan what is practical and ensure it delivers for their businesses. Biztegra also offers the recognized Social Media Strategy Workshop and other social web educational offerings in major cities across North America. Biztegra is located in West Palm Beach and Miami, Florida. For more information please visit www.biztegra.com.

 
 Is your content mobile? Data-Core Systems can help revise or implement your mobile strategy. We support the creation of new content and the migration of existing content to mobile devices. Let us be the service provider to perfect your mobile strategy and find solutions to meet your company's individual needs.
 
Los Angeles-based Premier Digital Publishing is a leading independent digital publisher and innovator in eBooks, enhanced eBooks and interactive content. Led by a management team of digital media pioneers, the company ranks among the top suppliers of quality eBook entertainment to the industry's most prominent tablet reader distributors and top-tier eBook retailers.
Shindig is the revolutionary new video chat platform for large scale online events already embraced by over 100 bestselling authors, from AJ Jacobs to Dan Ariely, for their video chat book tour events. On Shindig, authors can engage a live global audience of up to 1000 of their fans right from their laptop. They can be interviewed by someone in another remote location or give their own presentation supplemented by video or other multimedia. Authors can promote audience members to the stage and have them directly ask questions  in video chat before the entire gathering. Furthermore, guests can interact with one another in individual private IM and video chats. Shindig creates all the dynamics of a physical book tour without the endless travel, wasted time and expenses.
Togather is a free, online fansourcing platform that brings authors and audiences together. It was co-founded by Andrew Kessler and Aaron Shapiro in April 2011, inspired by their experiences as authors on tour. Togather is the first of three companies to launch from Huge Labs, the startup incubator division of digital agency Huge, in 2012. The company is funded by Interpublic Group and is headquartered in Brooklyn, N.Y. For more information, visit www.togather.com.