May 31, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
Sounding more like a college economics professor than a bestselling sci-fi author, Cory Doctorow offers his suggestions for how publishers should arrive at the “right price” for e-books. As for copyright, he defends “fair use” and questions...
May 23, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts
The flow of e-reader devices onto the consumer market has quickly shifted from a trickle to a flood. With consumers captivated by the iPad, nook, Kindle, Skiff Reader, and QUE, a massive surge in demand for digitally distributed content is inevitable. As a result,...
May 16, 2010 | Best of VOC, Copyright, Digital Transformation, Podcasts
Preferring to think about “evolving” media, rather than any “new vs. old” dichotomy, a quartet of attorneys with deep experience in the media industry joined Chris Kenneally at the recent Digital Hollywood conference to discuss the do’s and don’ts and...
May 2, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, Podcasts
Author and digital media authority Bill Rosenblatt examines how the proliferation of mobile phones and other networked devices is giving rise to an accompanying mobile screen culture – and what publishers need to do to survive and thrive in such an environment. A...
Apr 25, 2010 | Best of VOC, Copyright, Digital Transformation, Podcasts
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...
Feb 26, 2010 | Best of VOC, Copyright, Digital Transformation, Podcasts
Sounding more like a college economics professor than a bestselling sci-fi author, Cory Doctorow offers his suggestions for how publishers should arrive at the “right price” for e-books. As for copyright, he defends “fair use” and questions...
Feb 10, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, Podcasts
Ten years ago, when the “Big Bang” of online media gave birth to rudimentary e-readers, devices like the Rocket promised the moon but didn’t quite deliver. Today, the e-readers have proliferated in a kind of arms race underwritten by Sony, Amazon, Apple and even media...
Feb 7, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts
In the middle of the e-book hurricane, it may be time for some calm thinking – along with a little debunking. Founder of Unlimited Publishing and book industry analyst Danny O. Snow tells Chris Kenneally now is a good moment for publishers and authors to stop all the...
Jan 31, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts
Tired of hearing that literary fiction is doomed in the digital age? Well, Scott Lindenbaum and Andy Hunter, were – in fact they became so tired of hearing that Kindles and computers were killing literary fiction, the pair from Brooklyn College started an online...
Jan 29, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts
As e-readers and e-books gather momentum in the early days of 2010, some book publishers find themselves on the horns of a marketing dilemma. Do they join the new e-book club to capture sales, or do they stand back to keep their content safe from online...
