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SPAZIO BLOG by Splinder at
the 6th Show for Small & Medium-sized Publishers
Splinder, the number one blogging community in Italy, will organize SPAZIO BLOG and will host the event PiùBLOG, within the 6th edition of the Show for Small and Medium-sized Publishers, in Rome 6-9 December
Milan, November 6th, 2007 – Splinder, is partner of "Più Libri Più Liberi" (http://www.piulibripiuliberi.it) and will be present with
SPAZIO BLOG by Splinder. The exhibition is dedicated to small and medium-sized publishing houses and will take place in Rome from December, 6th to the 9th, at EUR Congress Palace.
SPAZIO BLOG by Splinder will host a rich program full of debates and presentations organized by PiùBLOG (http://www.piublog.it). Many well known figures and lesser known ones, all inspired by a passion for blogs and for the Web, will be attending SPAZIO BLOG by Splinder.
Some of these figures are
Bruno Pellegrini, founder of The Blog TV;
Umberto Croppi, Chief Executive of Valore-Italia;
Luce Marinetti, who will be answering bloggers' questions about her father, founder of Futurism;
Lino Banfi, known on the internet as "Nonno Blogger";
Alberto Bevilacqua who will give young people the chance to discuss writing;
Tonino Cantelmi, the psychotherapist which has “psychoanalyzed” Internet since its origin;
Marco Strano, the criminologist expert in security on the Web.
At the end of the show,
Barcamp PiùBlogCamp (http://barcamp.org/PiuBlogCamp) will gather together all the show attendants and, through debates and reflections with those who signed-in, will sum up what the situation is after one year of live meetings.
All the events of
SPAZIO BLOG by Splinder are at everybody’s disposal through satellite TV, webradio, webTV, and will be organized in an “arena” welcoming guests and spectators.
Furthermore, the blog of PiùBLOG (hosted by www.splinder.com) will be updated in real time creating a live blogging of the event and it will be present on Second Life with a replica of Palazzo dei Congressi EUR in Rome with Splinder and PiùBLOG.
Marco Argenti, Managing Director of Dada.net (Dada acquired 100% of Splinder in October 2006), comments Splinder’s presence at the show “Più Libri Più Liberi” like this:
“Splinder has always stood out in Italy for being a blogging community which puts at everyone’s disposal high quality contents generated by its users. Many bloggers approached Internet for the first time by writing on Splinder: they chose a topic to distinguish themselves, attracted audience becoming well known and then made a big leap outside the Web and directly towards the traditional printed paper. Splinder plays a role as new media contributing in all means in Italy in consolidating the so called User Generated Content.
Thanks to SPAZIO BLOG within the exhibition Più Libri Più Liberi, we would like to give our personal contribute to the debates and the exchange of opinions on blogging and the publishing industry, two converging worlds”.
Marina Bellini, founder and in charge of PiùBLOG:
“From the beginning, our intent was to bring blogs outside the Web for a direct face to face with the editorial field which creates contents on the Web. The appointment at Più Libri Più Liberi, for the second year in a row, is a chance for all the people who follow us on the Web during the year, to talk about the most exciting topics from our blog, listening to what influential figures have to say during the show”.
SPAZIO BLOG by Splinder will also be the place to present
“Vita da blogger”, the book edited by M. Palombi, R. Lo Jacono, P. Murgia, S.Andalo – Splinder (2007): a collection of stories of women and men whose lives have changed thanks to the virtual presence they have on their blogs.
Two literary projects born from PiùBlog will be presented during the show:
“Emozioni tra le righe” (Emotions between the lines), a collection of stories in 10 lines of the books that have left a sign in bloggers’ hearts. The second one is called
“La favola rotonda” (The round fairytale), a book for children born thanks to bloggers’ initiative, and the profit will be granted in charity for the battle against Neuroblastoma.
"Più Libri Più Liberi", which last year counted more than 50 thousand visits, is organized with the Patronage of the Board of Public Education and thanks to the contribution of the Ministry of Cultural Activities and Heritage, Lazio Region, the city of Rome, Rome district and Rome’s Chamber of Commerce.
