Oct 17, 2010 | Best of VOC, Podcasts
On November 20, at the Miami Book Fair, CCC’s Chris Kenneally will interview Stephen Rattner, author of the just-released “Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry,” which the New York Times calls, “required...
Oct 4, 2010 | Best of VOC, Copyright, International, Podcasts
As the Frankfurt Book Fair prepares to open, the global publishing industry continues to feel its way into new content territory, where text meets film, music, and even video games. In its debut year, “StoryDrive” – a “professional meeting place for the international...
Oct 3, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
Usability. It’s a fundamental issue for content design in the digital environment. Think of it as the genetic code for a digital asset, whether that’s a Website, an e-book, or a smart phone. If there are bad sequences in the DNA, things start to go very wrong. Two...
Sep 26, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
In her work as a leading developer of smartphone and tablet applications, SiNae Pitts never strays far from her background as a research scientist. Her clients include top STM journals, and her designs reflect a willingness to experiment that she acquired in the lab....
Sep 14, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, Podcasts
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...
Sep 12, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
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...
Sep 5, 2010 | Best of VOC, Copyright, Podcasts
“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...
Aug 8, 2010 | Best of VOC, Events, International, Podcasts
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...
Aug 1, 2010 | Best of VOC, News, 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...
Jul 18, 2010 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
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...
