Why Your Digital Product Is Usually a Year Behind Print: Integrating AI-supported Print and Digital Workflows for Modern Educational Publishers

For many educational publishers, digital products still begin where print production ends. The textbook is completed first, and only then transformed into digital content. While this workflow has served the industry for years, it often results in delayed releases, duplicated work, higher production costs, and digital products that never reach their full potential.

But is there another way?

Join this practical masterclass to explore how educational publishers are rethinking the relationship between print and digital production. Through real publishing examples, you'll compare two different production models, understand where each delivers value, and see how AI is helping publishers reduce repetitive work while maintaining full editorial control.

Rather than focusing on technology alone, this session looks at the publishing workflows behind successful digital products and the organizational decisions that shape them.

During this masterclass, you'll learn:

• Why digital products often reach the market months after print.
• The strengths and trade-offs of Print to Digital and Print and Digital publishing workflows.
• How leading educational publishers use technology to support both print and digital from a shared source.
• Where AI delivers practical value across editorial and production processes, and where human expertise remains irreplaceable.
• Lessons learned from international publishing projects and practical considerations for evaluating your own workflow.

Whether you're responsible for editorial strategy, digital publishing, production, or business transformation, you'll leave with practical ideas and a clearer framework for evaluating how your organization creates educational content today and where it could go next.

Reserve your seat today and join educational publishing professionals worldwide for a practical discussion on how print, digital, and AI can work together in a modern publishing workflow.