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BTB #63: A Play on Words
By special arrangement with the Text and Academic Authors Association, Beyond the Book presents “A Play on Words: Acting Out Contract Negotiations.” At TAA’s annual conference on text and academic authoring, Beyond the Book’s Christopher Kenneally moderated a...
Upcoming Podcast: Going Global?
If you dream of taking your book business to the world, it helps to pack plenty of market research and some international diplomatic savvy. On Monday, September 15, "Beyond the Book" will release the first of two installments featuring the U.S. Department of...
BTB #62: From SSP, A Look at Authors Ascendant (Episode 2)
Bloggers vs. Journalists? When blogging emerged in 2004 during the last presidential election cycle, many traditional journalists and media executives reacted skeptically – one going so far as to suggest that bloggers were to the media what fleas are to a dog. Veteran...
BTB #61: From SSP, A Look at Authors Ascendant (Episode 1)
Where Blogging Meets Publishing In Philadelphia over the next two days, at a gathering of top editors, authors and publishers, the Society for Scholarly Publishing will reckon with a sea change in the media ecosphere: Authors today can leverage incredibly robust,...
BTB #60: The Future of Reading
In this discussion of the Future of Reading, panelists from publishing, academia, and the library community explore how social networking, online programming (including Internet-delivered TV), and related technology are poised to become saviors of printed word....
BTB #59: Copyright, Small Publishers and the Future
Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author Relations at Copyright Clearance Center hosts a teleconference with Scott Flora, Executive Director of the Small Publishers Association of North America, Michael Healy from the Book Industry Study Group, and Dru Zuretti,...
BTB #58: Google Book Search 2.0 with Chris Palma
By special arrangement with the Text and Academic Authors Association and Google, Beyond the Book presents Chris Palma, Strategic Partner Development Manager for Google Book Search. Chris talked last year at TAA’s Annual Meeting on Good Book Search and at this year’s...
BTB #57: The American Blandscape
PEN New England and The Cambridge Forum present The American Blandscape – Risky Writing and the Forces Keeping it Silent. This event included Carole Horne, general manager of the Harvard Bookstore, Linda McCarriston, author and teacher, Mark Pawlak,...
BTB #56: By Special Arrangement with Books and Beyond!
Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author Relations at Copyright Clearance Center sits down with Bonnie Blose of Books and Beyond to talk “shop” about freelancing, and what it means to be a writer in today’s changing business climate. Chris offers tips and advice on...
New York Times Asks ‘Online, R U Really Reading?’
In what promises to be the first article in a series called “The Future of Reading,” the New York Times this Sunday examined how a generation of readers who prefer online content to printed books may be learning differently than their parents and asks, “Is this good...
BTB #55: The Future of Reading Concludes With Irene McDermott
Folk wisdom says the Web is killing books, but a leading librarian and Internet-advocate has the facts: “Since the advent of the Internet, book circulation and use of libraries has gone up at least 50 to 60%. It’s fantastic. People come in, they use our books, they...
BTB #54: The Future of Reading Continues With Deborah Kovacs
It sounds obvious enough – the future of reading depends on future readers, who are also today’s children. “All of us recognize the responsibility we have to the development of kids’ minds by ensuring that they’re readers,” says Debby Kovacs. An author, publisher, and...