BTB #214: Sharing Stories With A Message

When publishing veteran Ashley Gordon opened her Mockingbird Publishing venture last summer, she realized, “This was my opportunity to take what I’ve learned and do something that really made my heart move,” she explained recently to CCC’s Chris Kenneally. “At...

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 #209: A World of Copyright

With the launch last fall of RightsDirect, CCC’s European subsidiary, Copyright Clearance Center is looking to meet better the needs of multinational corporate customers.” As Kim Zwollo, RightsDirect’s general manager explains to Chris Kenneally, “One of the...

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 #203: How Scholarly Publishers Stay Ahead

The first successfully among publishers to monetize content online, the STM (Scientific/Technical/Medical) community continues to lead the way today, says IP attorney Lois Wasoff. Speaking with Chris Kenneally at this fall’s IFRRO AGM in Boston, Wasoff noted that...

BTB #202: Licensing: The Sequel (Part 2)

At Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Copyright Clearance Center joined with the school and LexisNexis on November 8, 2010 to present The Intellectual Property Lecture Series. In this second of two installments for “Licensing: The Sequel,” CCC’s Vice President...

BTB #201: Licensing: The Sequel (Part 1)

At Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Copyright Clearance Center joined with the school and LexisNexis on November 8, 2010 to present The Intellectual Property Lecture Series. In this first of two installments presenting “Licensing: The Sequel,” entertainment...

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 #199: Copyright and the Economics of Creativity

Does the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004 sufficiently meet the demands of the digital age? This morning on Capitol Hill, New York Newsday Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellis Henican moderated a lively discussion that addressed this question,...

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