BTB #301: BEA CEO Panel on New Business Models

With the core business model of book publishing under threat in the digital era, publishers must seek different ways to employ their skills and resources to make money. They are diversifying, acquiring and building new branches of their business. They are expanding...

BTB #300: “50 Shades” and More of Self-Publishing

Recorded last week at uPublishU, the day-long self-publishing pre-conference program of BookExpo. Featuring Jenny Pedroza, co-founder of the Writers Coffee Shop; Mark Coker, Founder, Smashwords; Sandra (Sandy) Poirier-Diaz, President, Smith Publicity, Incorporated;...

BTB #299: E-magination 2012

Recorded in San Francisco at PublishingUniversity 2012, and presented by the Independent Book Publishers Association. Panelists Molly Birckhead, Senior Online Marketing Manager, HarperOne; Allen Noren, VP Online, O’Reilly Media; and Cynthia Shannon, Publicity...

BTB #297: BookExpo 2012 Preview With Steve Rosato

Business cards? Check! Online show planner? Advil? Check! Baby powder? Er, um… check? If you’re preparing for BookExpo America, you’ll need all of that and more. At least that’s the advice from the man responsible for the largest annual book trade fair in the United...

BTB #291: Not Sharing, Not Stealing – Infringement

At the recent OnCopyright 2012 conference, Robert Levine explained for the audience in a keynote speech how the commonly used language of copyright shapes the debate and makes for confusion on the fundamentals “I don’t think copyright infringement is stealing,”...

BTB #286: Howkins Keynotes OnCopyright 2012

“New ideas, not money or machinery, are the source of success today,” notes author and business consultant John Howkins. In the book, The Creative Economy: How People Make Money from Ideas, and his subsequent work, Howkins has called attention to the economic value of...

BTB #279: Publishing University Arriving in San Francisco

For almost 30 years, the 3,000-member Independent Book Publishers Association has focused its efforts on the success of emerging and experienced publishers through education. For 2012, the IBPA has moved its annual Publishing University event to the West Coast and...

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