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BTB #230: Webinar Looks at ‘Settlement’ Aftermath
In offices from Manhattan to Mountain View, they’re picking up the scattered pieces of the Google Book Settlement. But like Humpty Dumpty in the old rhyme, can the Authors Guild, AAP and Google ever put the Settlement back together again? Next Tuesday, May 10, at 1...
BTB #229: The Arc of Publishing
Later this month at the annual BookExpo America in New York City, CCC’s Skott Klebe plans a look at “The Arc of Publishing,” examining the characteristics of market disruption, and how they apply in the changing world of eBook publishing, with special attention to the...
BTB #228: The News Business Crisis
Professional journalism is in crisis, and the Internet is to blame. That's pretty much the accepted view of American media pundits. Is it the case? A new book out from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford offers hope that the...
BTB #227: Copyright for Muggles
Recorded at the recent Publishing Business Conference & Expo, CCC’s Chris Kenneally moderates a panel discussion on protecting copyright in the digital age with publishing analyst Brian O’Leary, Magellan Media Partners; Christoph Brem of Attributor; and Devereux...
BTB #226: On The Write Road
The “Write Road to Success” leads to the annual conference in New York City of the American Society of Journalists and Authors. The three-day program begins Friday, April 29, at the Roosevelt Hotel and features more than 65 seminars and workshops led by editors,...
BTB #225: Arab Spring Update
As popular uprisings have spread across the Middle East and North Africa, media pundits have credited Twitter and Facebook. But one Egyptian-born journalist based in New York says the acclaim for social media is misplaced, even though she admits to a Twitter addiction...
BTB #224: Words and Music
Now, users of copyright.com have a fast, easy way to license cover songs and third-party compositions for release in the U.S. Today, Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. is announcing a partnership with music licensing and royalty service provider RightsFlow to refer...
BTB #223: 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 #222: Ready to Read
In his Paris office overlooking Blvd. St.-Germain-des-Pres, Fabrice Piault, vice editor-in-chief for Livres Hebdo, sees a French publishing industry set to change its look. Even while the new digital fashion is turning heads, though, how good is the fit? "Maybe you...
Unraveling The Rejection
CCC's Google Book Settlement Webinar series continues: As you very likely know, on March 22, Judge Chin issued his long awaited opinion in the Google Book Search settlement proceedings, rejecting the Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) proposed by the Authors Guild,...
BTB #221: Information For Innovation
A discussion with Martha Anderson, director of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program for the Library of Congress, recording while attending the annual NFAIS Conference in Philadelphia. Anderson tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally about her...
BTB #220: Laugh & Learn
On April 4th in New York City, the annual Publishing Business Conference & Expo gets a kick and a kick-off with a keynote address from Steve Hannah, CEO of The Onion, who promises a behind-the-scenes look at his publication’s cross-media growth, its recent...