BTB #87: Copyright/Copywrong in Image Licensing

Mar 22, 2009 | Copyright, Podcasts

Are you a photographer, photo editor, art buyer, art director or designer? Do you sell or license imagery? Nancy E. Wolff, counsel to PACA and an expert in the area of image licensing and the law, examines actual case studies on the complexities of copyright. This...

BTB #86: Time For ‘Creative Procrastination’

Mar 15, 2009 | Podcasts

Prof. Susan Robison, creator of the “Professor Destressor” workshops, tells Chris Kenneally to “give up managing time, we can’t do it anyway – learn to manage task, energy, and attention.” Robison joins TAA members this June at the group’s annual conference and TAA’s...

BTB #85: For Small Publishers, Good Marketing Is Hard to Find

Mar 8, 2009 | Copyright, Podcasts

But look no further than the IBPA, which is set to launch an ambitious new membership drive. “These times demand publishers work smarter and work more efficiently when producing and marketing their titles,” notes Frank Gromling of Ocean Publishing, who is heading up...

BTB #84: Why Metadata Makes or Breaks Digital Nature Photos

Mar 1, 2009 | Copyright, Podcasts

“To begin with, [including metadata is] about copyright — it’s such a basic issue,” says Susan McElhinney, photo editor for National Wildlife Federation’s Ranger Rick pub. In a conversation at the annual NANPA summit, she tells Chris Kenneally, “people...

BTB #83: Pub. U. Preview: Your Own Publishing Stimulus Package

Feb 22, 2009 | Podcasts

In the last of four installments highlighting the upcoming “Publishing University,” IBPA leadership team members tell Chris Kenneally that staying on top of industry trends could be the stimulus package independent publishers are looking for. This special...

BTB #82: Scholarly Writing: Strengthening Your Literature Review

Feb 15, 2009 | Podcasts

If you’re an academic author, you’ve written your share of literature reviews, but are you happy with the process and results? Most scholars aren’t. You sit at your desk facing piles of books and articles asking yourself “How am I supposed to begin to...

BTB #81: For Authors, Self-Publishing ‘Falling Into Place’

Feb 12, 2009 | Copyright, Podcasts

“When you do something new, it takes a long time to reprogram our society,” says Bob Young, lulu.com CEO, and he ought to know — as founder of “Red Hat,” he was a pioneer in moving open source from software’s fringe to the center....

BTB #80: Pub. U. Preview: Tired Of Being A Road Warrior?

Feb 8, 2009 | Podcasts

Kathleen Gage certainly was! But even though she pulled off the road years ago, her career as an author and business coach has stayed on track by leveraging the Internet and selling her services via teleseminars. In this latest preview from IBPA’s Publishing...

BTB #79: Sharing and Selling User-Generated Content

Feb 1, 2009 | Copyright, Podcasts

For Creative Commons execs Mike Linksvayer and Melissa Reeder, the focus is always on sharing, but what’s new from CC is an initiative that adds selling. Chris Kenneally spoke with them ahead of next week’s UGCX conference in San Jose about “making copyright work on...

BTB #78: Pub. U. Preview: Make Friends With Freelancers

Jan 25, 2009 | Podcasts

That’s what PR maven Marika Flatt recommends for publishers and authors who want to get their stories out, especially on limited budgets. In this installment of “Publishing University Previews,” Flatt and her colleague Kate Bandos talk about the care...