Mediabistro.com Announces First Ebook Summit Trade Show

December 15-16, 2009 In New York City

(New York, NY - September 30, 2009) Mediabistro.com (a division of WebMediaBrands, Nasdaq: WEBM) announced today its first eBook Summit, to be held December 15-16 at the New Yorker Hotel in New York City. The event focuses on innovations in digital publishing, including eBooks, eReaders, e-commerce, and publishing on-demand.

eBook Summit takes a close look at the changing digital publishing industry, from the perspectives of both content creators and publishers. Leaders in the field will uncover business development opportunities and highlight the latest technological innovations currently driving the future of digital publishing.

Speakers to date include: Product Manager for Google Books, Brandon Badger; CEO of DailyLit, Susan Danziger; President of Sony's Digital Reading Business Division, Steve Haber; and Neelan Choksi, CEO of Lexcycle, the company behind Stanza, the popular iPhone eBook reader recently acquired by Amazon.

Leaders in publishing will gather to discuss key topics affecting the industry today:
# Books, newspapers and magazines are consumed on the web, mobile phones, and e-readers - what does this mean for authors, journalists and all content creators?
# The impact of open source standards on content and distribution
# Device technology and where it's headed
# Shift in distribution: has the warehouse been replaced by software?
# What the development of print on-demand and self-publishing means for the industry
# New business models that demonstrate success in the current environment and point to a promising future for publishing

Mediabistro.com's eBook Summit is for media professionals involved in creating, distributing, marketing, or selling content — from the publishing industry to literary and talent agencies, as well as broadcast and online media. The vendor area will be a marketplace for organizations that provide devices, tools, technology, services and infrastructure for all aspects of the digital publishing world. eBook Summit will also provide the critical element that can only be found at a live event — face-to-face conversations that lead to business development and partnership opportunities.

For more information and to register for the conference, visit www.ebsevent.com.

Source: WebMediaBrands Inc.