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IT'S NOT EASY, BEING e

The annual conference for members of EPIC, the Electronically Published Internet Connection, is where authors, publishers and other industry professionals gather to celebrate the best of the best with the EPPIE Awards, to share information and ideas, to hone their skills and explore markets. So put March 6-9th 2008 on your schedule for EPICon in Portland, Oregon.

Workshops will address the business of writing for the electronic market, promotion strategies, existing and coming technology and related issues, and genre and publisher specific topics, among others. EPIC's annual Business Meeting and the Keynote Luncheon are Friday's highlights. On Saturday our luncheon will honor the finalists of the New Voices contest for young writers, and Saturday night is the Big Event--the EPPIE Awards Banquet and Ceremony, the latter to be hosted once again by the incomparable, the unforgettable, the... unmentionable?...Jeff Strand.

Want to know who's buying what? Come to one of our Publisher Panels. Want to network with friends, old and new? Find a cozy corner in the lobby, or retire to Lloyd Center (one of Oregon's premier shopping centers) or a nearby coffee shop. Looking for research material? You won't find a better place than Powell's City of Books, one of the world's largest, and a researcher's dream.

Not a member of EPIC? Interested only in certain topics? No problem. We're offering non-member rates, and single-day rates. Or join EPIC (if you're already working in the e-book industry) and get a bargain. Best of all, we're offering reduced rates for early registration.

The EPICon 2008 hotel is the Lloyd Center Doubletree, convenient to the airport (ride MAX all the way), to downtown (ride Max again), and to Powell's (hop on the Steetcar). What's even better, the Lloyd District is a vital area filled with interesting shops and restaurants.

While IT'S NOT EASY, BEING e, whether it's e-author or e-publisher, EPICon 2008 will reinforce your faith in the future of electronic books and renew your commitment to our emergent industry. Join us in Portland, Oregon, next March.