The 5th Annual RSuite User Conference welcomed more than 150 publishing executives on Tuesday, October 25th in Philadelphia at the Chemical Heritage Foundation Conference Center. There were 41 distinct publishing organizations in the house as well as a handful of companies who service publishers.  The overwhelming consensus among presenters and keynote speakers was that content management should be used strategically in an organization to gain success in the digital publishing world.

We'll highlight other key takeaways over the next few days here. In the meantime, you can revisit the confernence via the Twitter hashtag #RSUC11.

Of course, if you're ready to learn how strategic content management will help you accelerate revenue and navigate the digital publishing environment...just click the button below!

Really Strategies, Inc. today announced it ranked 29th on Deloitte’s 2011 Greater Philadelphia Fast 50 ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in the Greater Philadelphia region. Really Strategies grew 92% during this period.

Really Strategies’ CEO and Co-Founder, Barry Bealer, credits a renewed interest in content management with the company’s 92% revenue growth. “The revenue that publishers are finally recognizing from digital products and delivery of content has spurred a renewed interest in content management,” stated Bealer. “Successful publishers recognize that content management is a necessary foundation and the world’s leading publishers are using RSuite CMS by Really Strategies.”

“Really Strategies, like all 2011 Greater Philadelphia Fast 50 companies, have excelled in fostering innovation and channeling it into spectacular growth -- against the backdrop of one of the most a challenging economies in history,” said Tara L. Weiner, managing partner, Greater Philadelphia region, Deloitte LLP. "Deloitte recognizes Really Strategies for its remarkable accomplishment.”

[Pictured above L to R: Barry Bealer, CEO and Co-founder; Marianne Calilhanna, Marketing Manager; Steve Quirke, Vice President of Operations; Lisa Bos, CTO, EVP Publishing Solutions, and Co-founder]

At next Tuesday's 5th Annual RSuite User Conference in Philadelphia, Diane Burley from MarkLogic Corporation will moderate a panel, "Getting to the Core of a Digital Publishing Strategy."

Publishers have been working hard the past few years plotting their organization’s digital publishing strategy. Yet there are still so many questions and the landscape is indeed vast. In this panel session, digital information specialist Diane Burley will question RSuite customers about their digital publishing strategy. We'll hear how RSuite is helping with dynamic content creation, streamlined delivery to licensing channels, and the emerging world of apps. Diane is a strategic visionary and understands the technology that is needed to leverage great content.

Panelists include Anthony Allen, director of digital media at the American Society of Training & Development. Anthony is a dynamic industry speaker who is known for translating how well-managed and structured content results in increased revenue. Linda Baker, VP, IT & web development at SLACK Inc. will share how transforming its entire wealth of content into XML enables them to repurpose content in an agile way. Dave Moreau and Joan Robinson from Wolters Kluwer Health detail how RSuite enables the Nursing Practice to produce and deliver a 21st century product in a 21st century manner.

Don't miss this important event. With 1 week remaining, limited seats are still available!

October 25, 2011
The Chemical Heritage Foundation
Conference Center
315 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Robert Methven, CTO at Triumph Learning, will speak at the RSuite User Conference and demonstrate how RSuite is a key component of Triumph’s long-term digital publishing strategy. Triumph Learning serves instructional materials to more than 25 million students across America. More than three brands serve up a range of curriculum needs, including test prep resources, digital curriculum, and classroom kits.

“RSuite has become the center of Triumph’s CMS strategy and is the foundation that allows Triumph to respond to changing market needs,” stated Marianne Calilhanna, conference organizer and marketing manager at Really Strategies. “Whether you are an educational publisher, STM journal publisher, or trade publisher, to be successful today, you need a solid digital publishing strategy and that includes proper content management and tools.”

The RSuite User Conference is a forum for publishers who want to learn how content management is the key to building a successful digital publishing strategy. All publishing executives are welcome to register. Attendees will hear case studies from some of the world's leading publishers, learning what works and what doesn't work when developing and implementing a CMS.

Digital editions of cookbooks have been on the slow cooker for some time now. But with the release of Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child and published by Alfred A. Knopf, digital cookbooks are gathering steam. Judith Jones*, retired senior editor and vice president at Knopf and the person responsible for bringing the book into our homes, insisted the digital publication wait until the technology could properly display the beauty of Julia's writing and recipes.

Well, that time is today. Knopf released the digital edition of this classic tome on October 5. Because no electronic files of the book were available, production staff had the book re-keyed and images scanned.

With the impending release of Amazon's Fire in November and the impressive metrics stewing for digital cookbooks, the time is ripe for cookbook publishers to go digital.

Check out our latest whitepaper "Best Practices for a Long-Term Digital Publishing Strategy" so you too can get cooking.

 

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*Judith Jones also saved The Diary of Anne Frank from the reject pile. And for that too, I thank you Ms. Jones.