May 28, 2009 | Best of VOC, Copyright, Digital Transformation, Events, International, News, Podcasts
Copyright Clearance Center CEO Tracey Armstrong has kicked off the all-day “Big Ideas” Conference for BookExpo America 2009 at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Center. Speaking earlier this morning on “Content Licensing & The Bottom Line: Up the Down Spreadsheet”...
Nov 17, 2008 | Events, Podcasts
In a keynote address to the annual conference of PubWest in Portland, Ore., this Friday (November 14), John Ingram, Vice Chairman of Ingram Industries Inc., who also serves as Chairman of Ingram Book Group, Lightning Source Inc., and Ingram Digital Group, laid out the...
Jul 27, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
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...
Jul 20, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
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...
Jul 13, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
“Authors want to be read and that’s where we start the conversation,” declares Ana Maria Allessi, the Publisher of HarperMedia as she outlines efforts to reach audiences in innovate ways such as online video. “Authors are a tremendously enthusiastic and happy to...
Jul 6, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
“The future of reading is as assured as the future of eating,” promises publisher Paul Dry in this first of four installments from the “Beyond the Book” panel at BookExpo America 2008. “Of course, what we eat, and what we read, will be up to us and what we find...
Jun 29, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
In this half hour program, Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author & Creator Relations for Copyright Clearance Center, sits down with David Pakman, CEO of eMusic, to discuss how publishers should adapt to new and changing digital channels for audio and beyond....
Jun 8, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
Jeff Sharp is one of New York’s most prominent independent film producers. Over the past ten years, he has produced several notable features, including Boys Don’t Cry, You Can Count on Me, and Nicholas Nickleby. He is currently the President and CEO of Sharp...
Jun 1, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
At BookExpo Canada 2006, “Beyond the Book” host Christopher Kenneally hosted Books of Inspiration; a panel discussion of how religion and deeply held personal convictions have shaped our national experience. This excerpt from that program features Oriah, the author of...
May 25, 2008 | Best of VOC, Events, Podcasts
At BookExpo America 2006, “Beyond the Book” host Christopher Kenneally hosted Books of Inspiration; a panel discussion of how religion and deeply held personal convictions have shaped our national experience. This excerpt from that program features Martha Simmons, a...
