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Best of BTB: Paying Up Online
Subscription services favored over single file sales; no significant difference in behavior of men and women; a typical monthly “spend” of $10. Those are among the findings of a recent survey of 1000 American internet users by the Pew Internet & American Life Project....
BTB #241: The Arc of Publishing and Other Predictions
In May at the annual BookExpo America in New York City, CCC’s Skott Klebe spoke on The Arc of Publishing. “What I'm talking about is predicting the future,” he told the Javits Center audience. “And that's really hard, right? People get the future wrong all the time…...
BTB #240: ARROW Hits the Bullseye
Developed by a European consortium coordinated by the Italian Publishers Association (AIE), ARROW -- Accessible Registries of Rights Information and Orphan Works -- is a system to help libraries with the identification of rights status and rightsholders in digital...
BTB #239: E-magination 2011
As part of the Independent Book Publishers Association's Publishing University for 2011, CCC's Chris Kenneally moderated a discussion on "What's Now and What's Next in E-Reading." Taking place just ahead of BookExpo America, the session featured Mark Coker, Founder...
BTB #238: Leading Innovation
Recorded in Boston at the 2011 SIIA NetGain Conference, this conversation with leading analysts looks at everything from tiny smart phones to tablets to learn what’s hot, what’s not, and what you need to know that will impact your business. A trio of Boston-based...
BTB #237: Global Copyright Challenges
Increasingly, information professionals are called on to be global copyright experts in their organizations. How can they best ensure that end-users have access to copyrighted material while respecting the intellectual property rights of content creators? From Madrid,...
BTB #236: The Great Debate: Are Publishers Irrelevant?
First introduced at the 2011 London Book Fair, the “Great Debate” made its North American debut earlier today at the 27th Annual IBPA Publishing University! Four leading industry pundits argued for and against the resolution: “Authors and readers are all that matter....
BTB #235: Copyright + Commerce Video Podcast (Part 3)
On Monday, May 9, Copyright Clearance Center traveled to Washington, D.C. and the Newseum‘s Knight Studio for a lively and fascinating discussion on “Copyright and Commerce.” Tim Jucovy, Associate Counsel for the Washington Post tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally, “The...
BTB #234: Copyright + Commerce Video Podcast (Part 2)
On Monday, May 9, Copyright Clearance Center traveled to Washington, D.C. and the Newseum‘s Knight Studio for a lively and fascinating discussion on “Copyright and Commerce.” Jon Baumgarten, intellectual property lawyer, partner in the D.C. office of Proskauer Rose...
BTB #233: Copyright + Commerce Video Podcast (Part 1)
On Monday, May 9, Copyright Clearance Center traveled to Washington, D.C. and the Newseum‘s Knight Studio for a lively and fascinating discussion on “Copyright and Commerce.” First to speak with CCC’s Chris Kenneally was Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights,...
BTB #232: Books, Enhanced and Otherwise
At Digital Hollywood 2011 earlier this month, as part of the Transmedia Summit, CCC’s Chris Kenneally joined a panel of authors, developers and technologists to discuss “The Future of Enhanced Book Experiences.” Moderator Lisa Napoli, author of Radio Shangri-La,...
BTB #231: What’s In a Name?
In the world of scholarly research and publishing, a name – and the reputation that follows – can mean everything. But in the Digital Age, always getting the names right today – and for the future – has proven elusive. Like a family carefully managing its genealogy,...