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For Indy Pubs, ‘Strength In Numbers’
A week before classes open at the 25th annual Publishing University, IBPA’s Terry Nathan tells Chris Kenneally, "When an economy gets this way, publishers need to be using their collective strength." He outlines several new member programs, including a just-launched...
BTB #98: From the Gov’t and He Wants To Help
Compliance by publishers with the NIH’s public access policies is what Dale Berkley calls "my day job. My afternoon job is reviewing publishing agreements. You can imagine, they all look alike after a while, and they all include provisions that the government can’t...
BTB #97: Knowledge ‘Interoperability’
As part of a program on "Copyright, Open Access, Subscriptions, and Permissions: What Editors Need to Know in the New Digital Publishing Environment," presented to the recent annual conference of the Council of Science Editors, John Wilbanks, VP, Science, Creative...
BTB #96: The Truth, Or Else
"There really isn’t a lot of point in writing if I can’t be honest," Lee Woodruff told the New York Round Table Writers Conference in her keynote address, "because when you tell people exactly where your weaknesses are, you really connect with humanity." Woodruff's...
Google Book Search Settlement Opt-Out Date Delayed
Copyright Clearance Center wants to be sure that you are aware that the opt-out deadline and the fairness hearing have been delayed to September 4, 2009 and October 7, 2009 respectively. For more information about why the dates were postponed, as well as to learn...
BTB #95: Watching ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Media Blur
Turns out, journalism is journalism no matter where you find it. As Rebecca Fox of Mediabistro, the inside-the-media blogging leader, explains, “We do the kind of original reporting that is held to the same standards as newspaper coverage.” Fox chatted with Chris...
BTB #94: Publishing Has A Future? Yes!, Says ‘Round Table’ Panel
On Saturday, April 25, Beyond the Book’s Chris Kenneally moderated the closing panel of the annual New York Round Table Writers Conference. The audience were treated to crystal ball readings and insights on technology, marketing and business models from Paul Biba,...
As May 5 Nears, Hear From Expert On Google Settlement
On June 11, 2009, a federal court will hold a fairness hearing to review the proposed settlement of lawsuits brought by U.S. authors and publishers against Google for its unauthorized scanning and use of in-copyright books as part of the Google Library Project....
BTB #93: Advice and Caution When ‘Harvesting Cultural Materials’
More an environmental landmark than collection of artifacts, the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum that is emerging on the edge of downtown Oklahoma City has surprising lessons to teach on content ownership and re-use. "We’re harvesting cultural materials,...
BTB #92: Better ‘Partners’ Than ‘Parents’
Stephen Kerr buys and sells publishing companies, and business is booming even in these hard times, he tells Chris Kenneally. He also has some advice for publishers about their prime assets: their authors. “It should be a partnership, but it’s been more of a paternal...
BTB #91: ‘Indie’ Rules Come to Publishing
In a preview for the fifth annual New York Roundtable Writers' Conference, April 24-25, organizer Leah Schnelbach predicts "the indie publishing model is the wave of the future." As she tells Chris Kenneally, "the editor or the publisher and the author have much more...
‘Google Settlement’ Online Seminar Coming April 14th
The Authors Guild, AAP, Google Settlement: What Authors & Publishers Need to Know as May 5th Approaches On June 11, 2009, a federal court will hold a fairness hearing to review the proposed settlement of lawsuits brought by U.S. authors and publishers against Google...