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From The Firebrand Newsletter
The Firebrand Community Conference Is On!
Yes, it's happening - the Firebrand Community Conference will be held September 19th and 20th, 2012, in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
For those who've never experienced it before, the Firebrand Community Conference brings everyone together - trading partners, industry experts, clients - to compare notes, dive deeply into functionality, and talk about the challenges facing our industry.
As usual, we'll have a variety of speakers from a wide range of companies and organizations in the book industry, and the Firebrand and NetGalley teams will be in attendance, so it's a great chance for us all to meet and get to know one another better.
This year we are putting together an Advisory Board to help focus the topics - if you are interested in being a part of this, please Rob Stevens.
Companies interested in sponsoring the conference should Laura Dawson.
Early Word, Penguin and NetGalley
We're pleased that NetGalley is partnering with Penguin and EarlyWord in their initiative! Nora Rawlinson interviews debut Penguin authors, and Penguin supplies galleys to librarians. NetGalley is the digital galley partner for this venture.
Content Services Update
We're pleased to announce that Jen Lyman has been promoted to Content Services Chief! Jen has been with the company for many years as an implementation specialist, with a deep focus on Eloquence - but she's been doing the day-to-day management of Content Services for quite a while now. We're glad to recognize all her hard work!
Where We'll Be
- Tools of Change Latin America - Laura Dawson will be speaking about deriving metadata from workflow.
- ECPA Executive Leadership Summit - Fran Toolan and Laura Dawson will be attending.
- BEA - We'll be at Booth #4470. We'll have more info on our plans for BEA in the next newsletter!
Booknet Canada Tech Forum 2012
On March 7th and 8th, Fran Toolan and Laura Dawson attended the Booknet Canada Tech Forum, "Digging Deeper Into Digital" in Toronto. The hot topic? Metadata - and how it gets created and used throughout the supply chain. With digital products in particular, metadata assumes a critical importance. Check the Booknet Canada Tech Forum page for video of all the talks, including our own Laura Dawson's. (Also, you can access a pre-conference Q&A with Laura Dawson here.)
Featured Feature: Custom Views
You know how we are at Firebrand - we love what we build. In each issue, we're offering a close-up of a Title Management feature that we built to make your life easier. As always, you can find more documentation here on Firebrandz. Probably the core of what Title Management is best at, the Associated Title Tabs allow you to relate the title whose record you're currently on, to other titles in the database. There are a number of reasons why "no book is an island", and the supply chain needs all the information it can get about how your title is related to other titles out there.
The Formats of Work Tab organizes all the different formats of that particular title. Within this tab, you can add a new format (hardcover, paperback, ebook, for example), or relate your current ISBN to other ISBNs of the same book.
The Sets Tab allows you to specify whether or not the title is part of an overall set. For the title record of that set, the only Associated Title Tab available for you will be the Sets Tab.
If you are using our catalog export function, the Catalog Related Tab will let you specify which titles belong on the same catalog page as the title you're currently working with.
The Author Sales Track Tab allows you to put in sales information for previous titles by that author.
The Competitive Titles Tab allows you to manage information about titles you see as competing with this title. These titles are typically titles from other publishers. This information is often used on reports such as Tip Sheets, and in catalogs.
The Comparative Titles Tab is similar to the Competitive Titles Tab, except here you will enter information about titles that are similar to the one you're working with.
The Supply Chain Tab is probably the most important of all of them. It allows you to link titles that are related to the title you are on. This tab typically contains Replaces and Replaced By title information (for new or revised editions) as well as enhanced eBook, Audio book, Page-A-Day Calendar, supplementary Workbook, or other renderings of the title. When you link a title on this tab you will also be establishing a reciprocal relationship to the title that you list. The information on the Supply Chain tab is very important to trading partners - they need to be aware of how this title relates to other titles in the overall book supply chain. This goes beyond linking together formats of the same book - it links together distinctly different titles with different features, but which are related to the book you're working with.
For more information about the Create New Formats function on Title Management Web, including screen shots and detailed explanations, click here.
Question Time!
Paul Milana, Software Integration Specialist
What do you actually do at Firebrand?
I implement Firebrand software at book publishers. I also write SQL and Crystal Reports.
How long have you been with Firebrand, and how did you get here?
It all started back in August 2004 with monster.com.
What's your biggest challenge and/or greatest joy at work?
The biggest challenge is getting people to adopt change. The greatest joy is when people start cheering and clapping during a demo because they "get it".
What should customers know about the work you do?
They should know that I am there to help them be better publishers through the use of technology.
What are you reading now?
I'm reading Steve Jobs on my iPhone (naturally). Only a little over 1000 pages to go!
What inspires you?
Innovation, efficiency, and accuracy.
What makes a Firebrand?
A Firebrand cares a great deal about everything they do.
