"The Future of the Book" presented by Dirk Koehler on Monday, December 3 at 12:00pm in J1-050

InfoShop & EXTOP(Office of the Publisher)

cordially invite you to a presentation on

The Future of the Book

What is a book? How is our idea of the book changing? New technology,
globalization, convergence of the media, web2.0 -- are they killing the book? Or
has the book a future, although maybe one different from the past?
This presentation will examine trends for the future of book publishing, and
explore the new frontiers in this industry from the perspective of an
institutional publisher: new ways of creating and distributing books (e.g.,
wikis, distributed printing, print on-demand), new business models, and new
roles of the members of the book chain.

Monday, December 3, 2007
12:00 - 1:30 pm
World Bank J Building Auditorium J1 - 050
701 18th St. NW, corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.

Presented by
Dirk Koehler
Publisher, EXTOP

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About EXTOP
The Office of the Publisher (EXTOP) acquires, produces, promotes and distributes
print publications and electronic products. In addition, we operate and manage
the InfoShop, the Bank?s development bookstore; handle all rights and
permissions related to the Bank's intellectual property; and determine standards
for the Bank's formal publications.  To support the Bank?s role as supplier of
global knowledge, we work with other Bank units to disseminate their
publications to decision-makers, academia, general audiences, and other
constituencies.

About the InfoShop
The InfoShop is the public information center of the World Bank and serves as a
forum for substantial debate on international development. Our extensive events
program consists of more than 250 events over the past two years and has hosted
many internationally recognized speakers including Queen Noor, Francis Fukuyama,
Jeffrey Sachs, Amartya Sen, Joseph Stiglitz, Thomas Friedman, and Carly Fiorina.
The InfoShop functions as the only publicly accessible space at headquarters and
provides internal and external audiences with over 15,000 titles published by
the World Bank, international organizations, and other publishers on development
issues.
For more information, visit: www.worldbank.org/infoshop
Comments about the events program: http://go.worldbank.org/TDG9T8O9K0