Sep 4, 2008 | International, Podcasts
Bloggers vs. Journalists? When blogging emerged in 2004 during the last presidential election cycle, many traditional journalists and media executives reacted skeptically – one going so far as to suggest that bloggers were to the media what fleas are to a dog. Veteran...
Sep 4, 2008 | International, Podcasts
Where Blogging Meets Publishing In Philadelphia over the next two days, at a gathering of top editors, authors and publishers, the Society for Scholarly Publishing will reckon with a sea change in the media ecosphere: Authors today can leverage incredibly robust,...
Aug 31, 2008 | Best of VOC, Copyright, Podcasts
In this discussion of the Future of Reading, panelists from publishing, academia, and the library community explore how social networking, online programming (including Internet-delivered TV), and related technology are poised to become saviors of printed word....
Aug 24, 2008 | Copyright, Podcasts
Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author Relations at Copyright Clearance Center hosts a teleconference with Scott Flora, Executive Director of the Small Publishers Association of North America, Michael Healy from the Book Industry Study Group, and Dru Zuretti,...
Aug 17, 2008 | Best of VOC, Copyright, Podcasts
By special arrangement with the Text and Academic Authors Association and Google, Beyond the Book presents Chris Palma, Strategic Partner Development Manager for Google Book Search. Chris talked last year at TAA’s Annual Meeting on Good Book Search and at this year’s...
Aug 3, 2008 | Best of VOC, Podcasts
Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author Relations at Copyright Clearance Center sits down with Bonnie Blose of Books and Beyond to talk “shop” about freelancing, and what it means to be a writer in today’s changing business climate. Chris offers tips and advice on...
Jul 28, 2008 | Announcements
In what promises to be the first article in a series called “The Future of Reading,” the New York Times this Sunday examined how a generation of readers who prefer online content to printed books may be learning differently than their parents and asks, “Is this good...
Jul 27, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
Folk wisdom says the Web is killing books, but a leading librarian and Internet-advocate has the facts: “Since the advent of the Internet, book circulation and use of libraries has gone up at least 50 to 60%. It’s fantastic. People come in, they use our books, they...
Jul 20, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
It sounds obvious enough – the future of reading depends on future readers, who are also today’s children. “All of us recognize the responsibility we have to the development of kids’ minds by ensuring that they’re readers,” says Debby Kovacs. An author, publisher, and...