BTB #211: For Authors, The Brand Is A Commitment
What does it mean to an author that he or she needs to become a “brand”? It’s a commitment to readers, agree a panel of agents and publishing executives who spoke at the recent Digital Book World Conference in New York City. “The assumption used to be for many authors...BTB #205: Content Rights & Technology Solutions
The viability of the entertainment and media industry’s future rests on its ability to manage content and control distribution, while making it available to an ever larger customer base. At the November 2010 Digital Hollywood conference in New York City, Chris...BTB #200: Ingram’s Prichard on Reinventing Publishing
At PubWest 2010 in November, Skip Prichard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ingram Content Group, Inc. delivered a keynote address that urged his audience to embrace the new and rethink the old, when it comes to business models for publishing. By moving...BTB #178: Book Rights Sales & Spanish Markets
At BookExpo America, Spanish publisher Blanca Rosa Roca (pictured) and American literary agent Diana Finch explored with Chris Kenneally topics such as territorial issues for publishers working between Spain and Latin America; the role of agents in finding negotiating...BTB #177: Spanish Fiction and the American Allure
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...BTB #175: E-Magination: What’s Now & What’s Next in Ebooks (Part 2)
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...BTB #174: E-Magination: What’s Now & What’s Next in Ebooks (Part 1)
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...BTB #171: ‘Obama Book Club’ Meets At BookExpo
White House administrations generate books like leaves grow on trees. Only 18 months into the Barack Obama presidency, and already the titles are flourishing in publishers’ catalogs. Two of the most anticipated such books – THE PROMISE: President Obama, Year One, just...OnCopyright 2010
A video produced for OnCopyright 2010.