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Best of BTB: Michael Healy on Authors Guild, AAP, Google Settlement
In his first public interview, the man expected to become the executive director of the Book Rights Registry (BRR) says that, “the involvement of Google in [the publishing] marketplace, and others, is going to be part of the transformational character of [the industry...
BTB #117: How AAP Explains The Settlement
In this session, recorded on July 15th, Chris Kenneally interviews Allan Adler, Vice President for Legal and Governmental Affairs for the AAP. Mr. Adler discusses the benefits of the proposed settlement; AAP's reaction to the U.S. Dept. of Justice evaluating it for...
BTB #116: What You Should Know About Google Settlement
Originally recorded on June 22nd, copyright attorney and publishing expert Lois Wasoff reviews important developments regarding the proposed settlement in the landmark class action lawsuit. In a previous session, Wasoff outlines for publishers, authors and literary...
BTB #115: Survey Finds Google Settlement ‘Unsettled’
Over the last several months, Copyright Clearance Center has produced programs to inform authors and publishers – in the US and around the world – about the choices they face over the proposed settlement in the landmark Google Books case. Because it is a class action...
BTB #114: Your Readers Are Your Co-Authors
Beginning early to gather feedback about your intentions for a new book can provide authors with valuable insights on whether or not an idea will gain traction, says Social Media Bible co-author David Brake. “What authors are doing is leveraging the collective wisdom...
BTB #113: Stop Talking, Start Listening
Media guru, NPR personality, and Advertising Age critic Bob Garfield tells Chris Kenneally why he had to invent a publishing company after some 50 publishers declined to put out his latest book, The Chaos Scenario, according to the principles of “Listenomics” – “not...
BTB #112: A Remote Control for Your Life?
Of all devices in your life, the cell phone or PDA in your pocket or purse is the most personal of all. And for a media giant, that represents an unprecedented level of challenge and opportunity. In her company’s vision, explains Alisa Bowen -- who heads up consumer...
BTB #111: What To Do When You Don’t Have Time
Are you in charge of your “to-do” lists or are your lists in charge of you? Susan Robison – the “Professor Destressor” – helps her TAA 2009 conference audience unlearn what we’ve all heard about time management and how to apply practices that will increase...
BTB #110: So Much Media, So Little Time
As Senior Editor for Reason, a monthly journal covering “politics, culture, and ideas … [and] making a principled case for liberty and individual choice,” Michael Moynihan now sees his reporting appear in numerous forms: print, blogs, video, and more. “There’s a...
BTB #109: Putting Google to Work
Copyright Clearance Center’s online catalog now includes “preview” results from Google Books. When users choose a book title in the CCC catalog that is also available from Google Books, they can click on "Google Preview" to browse through the book just as they might...
Google Settlement News Update
With six weeks remaining for rightsholders to choose whether to opt in or out from the historic Authors Guild/AAP/Google settlement, a spokesman for one of the plaintiffs tells Copyright Clearance Center that "explaining the settlement agreement, and indeed,...
BTB #108: Social Media Tools and Tips
Thanks to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, FiledBy and more, “people get the things they need from each other, rather than from corporations,” observes Groundswell author Josh Bernoff. For authors taking on the responsibilities of marketing their work and their careers, he...