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BTB #184: Are Smartphones Headed to the Voting Booth?
In 2004, political campaigns and the press buzzed over “blogging”; in 2008, the technology of the moment was YouTube, providing CNN with debate questions and at least one candidate with a one-way ticket home. For 2012, predicts Lee Rainie, founder and director of Pew...
BTB #183: Virtual Conference: Top Speakers & No Airport Lines
What's not to like? Top speakers; networking opportunities; ice cream breaks! Noelle Skodzinski, editorial director of Book Business and Publishing Executive magazines, explains the concept and opportunities for attendees of the forthcoming Publishing Business Virtual...
BTB #182: Brantley Sees ‘Concerns’ Ahead For Authors
“I wouldn’t say I’m concerned about the future of authors,” Peter Brantley tells Chris Kenneally, “but I think that authors have something to be concerned about as we move into a digital future.” The director of the Internet Archive’s BookServer project, a...
BTB #181: Firebrand Tech Conference, Ideas Welcome!
From historic Newburyport, Mass., the home of Firebrand Technologies, "Chief Igniter" Fran Toolan talks with Chris Kenneally about plans for the upcoming "Firebrand Community Conference," September 21-22. Keynote speaker is Peter Brantley, Executive Director of the...
BTB #180: Jeff Sedlik on Rights, Copyright & Photography
With core funding now in place, the PLUS Registry - a global online resource which connects images, rights holders and rights information - is set to launch this fall. By special arrangement with the American Society of Media Photographers, Beyond the Book presents...
BTB #179: Understanding ‘Net Neutrality’
Wondering whether you should care about "net neutrality" or are you even just a little bit puzzled about exactly what is "net neutrality”? Chris Kenneally went to Marc Strohlein, Chief Agility Officer for publishing analyst firm Outsell, for a straight take on what...
BTB #178: Book Rights Sales & Spanish Markets
At BookExpo America, Spanish publisher Blanca Rosa Roca (pictured) and American literary agent Diana Finch explored with Chris Kenneally topics such as territorial issues for publishers working between Spain and Latin America; the role of agents in finding negotiating...
BTB #177: Spanish Fiction and the American Allure
For BookExpo America 2010, Spanish publishers and authors bathed in the spotlight of the Global Market Forum. That special focus brought Beyond the Book's Chris Kenneally together with a pair of Spanish novelists whose work and lives have been shaped by their time in...
Best of BTB: Rethinking Author Contracts for the Digital World
E-books and other fledgling publishing forms present opportunities and challenges for authors, even while they raise caution flags when it comes to rights negotiations with publishers. In March, at the Publishing Business Conference & Expo, attorney Sara Pearl and...
BTB #176: Interactive Textbooks: Poised For Success?
An emerging new generation of interactive textbooks stands to change fundamentally the way students, instructors and authors use, share and create academic texts. Advanced digital tools make possible the convenience of online and downloadable access options, and can...
BTB #175: E-Magination: What’s Now & What’s Next in Ebooks (Part 2)
On Monday, May 24, 2010, CCC’s Christopher Kenneally moderated a panel for the Independent Book Publishers Association at their annual "Publishing University" program. Featured guests discussing E-Magination: What’s Now & What’s Next in Ebooks were Mark Coker,...
BTB #174: E-Magination: What’s Now & What’s Next in Ebooks (Part 1)
On Monday, May 24, 2010, CCC’s Christopher Kenneally moderated a panel for the Independent Book Publishers Association at their annual "Publishing University" program. Featured guests discussing E-Magination: What’s Now & What’s Next in Ebooks were Mark Coker,...