Presented at the Book Industry Study Group Annual General Meeting on April 26, 2019. It’s a bit about metadata and a lot about how publishers can compete in the attention economy.

First, I turned off social media push notifications. Then I deleted Facebook, Twitter and news apps from my phone. I learned 10 things about me, my phone, social media and how we live together.

In which our heroes learn the value of flexibility in a hard, unyielding world.

In our device business, Q4 is the time of advertising, gift guides, store displays, magazine reviews and comparisons.  It also means answering the question that we have been asked every year since 2011 — why are ereaders still a thing? 

When I think about people who have really excelled in their careers, their most common characteristic is that they were ready to jump into the fire when their time came.

She said, “Maybe this time it’s not about you talking or writing. Maybe it’s about listening. Women are tired of being talked at, talked to, talked over, of having to shout to be heard.

We’ll talk about weddings in Vegas, pyjamas as an HR metric, and vacations in barcelona, but all of it is really about being international when you’re just down the street in Liberty Village…

The three things we did right, how being Canadian helped grow a global business, and how to prosper at the intersection of culture and technology.

Easily, Shamelessly, Freely, Publicly and Privately - 5 ways to answer how we want to read. And why publishers should be interested in readers, but not too interested.

"Is it bestiality if he turns from a dolphin into a human while they're having sex?" What kind of business conversation includes this question? Find out and learn about a turning point for Kobo at the same time.