Would you like to ask John Battelle, author of "The Search" and founder of Federated Media Publishing, a question?  If so, Thursday, April 29 is your chance.

HP's Input|Output is a series of interviews with some of the smartest people on the planet, and this one is going to be exciting. Among other things, the conversation will be around "marketing in the new normal," as John will discuss the spectrum of marketing in today’s social and mobile web.

The interview will be live streamed on Thursday at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET, and you're all invited to attend.  We'll be live-tweeting the webcast with John, and would like to add some of your questions to the conversation.

To ask a John a question, please include it in a comment below. Or, if you prefer, tweet it to @venturebeat and we'll make sure your question gets passed along. You can also tweet questions yourself during the webcast using the hashtag #hpio.

Go here for live webcast details.

Many thanks to HP for making this event possible.

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