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August 30, 2010
BTB #180: Jeff Sedlik on Rights, Copyright & Photography
With core funding now in place, the PLUS Registry – a global online resource which connects images, rights holders and rights information – is set to launch this fall. By special arrangement with the American Society of Media Photographers, Beyond the Book presents PLUS president and CEO Jeff Sedlik’s remarks at ASMP’s “Registration Counts” conference earlier this spring. As ASMP President Richard Kelly has noted, “ASMP plans to lead in moving forward on copyright issues and identifying sustainable business solutions for our changing world.”
With eighteen years of experience as a leading advertising, editorial, and fine art photographer, Sedlik is the past National President of the Advertising Photographers of America and is a professor and long-time faculty member of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
A video from the event is also available:
August 15, 2010
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 opportunities; and the growing role of Spanish-language publishing within the US. The 2010 BEA Global Market Forum program was organized in partnership with the Ministry of Culture of Spain, the Federation of Spanish Publishers (Federacion De Gremios De Editores De Espana) and the Spanish Trade Commission.
A video from the event is also available from BookExpo America Podcasts:
July 18, 2010
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 Mark Coker, Smashwords; Jack Sallay, Vook; David Hetherington of Baker & Taylor’s Digital Service Group; and Sara Nelson, Books Editor, O Magazine (formerly Publishers Weekly editor-in-chief).
Beyond the Book is pleased to present an audio transcription of the program in two parts (this is part 2).
A complete video recording is also available at http://beyondthebookcast.com/live-webcast/
July 11, 2010
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 Mark Coker, Smashwords; Jack Sallay, Vook; David Hetherington of Baker & Taylor’s Digital Service Group; and Sara Nelson, Books Editor, O Magazine (formerly Publishers Weekly editor-in-chief)
Beyond the Book is pleased to present an audio transcription of the program in two parts (this is part 1).
A complete video recording is also available at http://beyondthebookcast.com/live-webcast/
July 4, 2010
Best of BTB: Beyond Print & Paper
The flow of e-reader devices onto the consumer market has quickly shifted from a trickle to a flood. With consumers captivated by the iPad, nook, Kindle, Skiff Reader, and QUE, a massive surge in demand for digitally distributed content is inevitable. As a result, those who write and publish are struggling with a new wave of questions. How will device pricing models affect contracts and content ownership? How will copyrights be enforced in increasingly blogged, socialized, and cross-linked world? How can an author distribute their own work without compromising themselves or their publishing agreements? What will the e-book wars mean to writers and publishers? How can publishers broaden distribution without increasing risk?
On May 20th at the Samsung Experience in New York’s Time Warner Center, Chris Kenneally examined these and other questions with Andrew Richard Albanese, writer and features editor for Publishers Weekly; Rachel Chou, Chief Marketing Officer for Open Road Integrated Media; and attorney Kathleen Conkey (former in-house attorney at MTV Networks,CBS and King World Productions).
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May 23, 2010
BTB #169: Beyond Print & Paper
The flow of e-reader devices onto the consumer market has quickly shifted from a trickle to a flood. With consumers captivated by the iPad, nook, Kindle, Skiff Reader, and QUE, a massive surge in demand for digitally distributed content is inevitable. As a result, those who write and publish are struggling with a new wave of questions. How will device pricing models affect contracts and content ownership? How will copyrights be enforced in increasingly blogged, socialized, and cross-linked world? How can an author distribute their own work without compromising themselves or their publishing agreements? What will the e-book wars mean to writers and publishers? How can publishers broaden distribution without increasing risk?
On May 20th at the Samsung Experience in New York’s Time Warner Center, Chris Kenneally examined these and other questions with Andrew Richard Albanese, writer and features editor for Publishers Weekly; Rachel Chou, Chief Marketing Officer for Open Road Integrated Media; and attorney Kathleen Conkey (former in-house attorney at MTV Networks,CBS and King World Productions).
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March 23, 2010
Special Edition Podcast: 2010 Research Blogging Awards Announced
Since its launch in 2007, ResearchBlogging.org has elevated science-related blogging by academics to a new level, and brought along an audience that reaches well beyond the lab and the campus.
Today (March 23), site editor Dave Munger and Joy Moore of Seed Media, which underwrites the effort, open the envelopes with Chris Kenneally for the first Research Blogging Awards. “We wanted to give back to the community, but also provide a way to recognize the best of the best,” Munger explains.
February 28, 2010
BTB #158: Waiting for Disruptive Change in Scientific Publishing
As Michael Clarke sees it, the reports of scientific publishing’s imminent demise are much exaggerated. The long-time STM editor and pundit has written extensively on the hardiness of this particular species of publishing even at a time when so many other related areas are withering.
Reprising a recent contribution to the Scholarly Kitchen blog, Clarke tells Chris Kenneally that “new technologies, along with others not even yet imagined, will undoubtedly transform the landscape of scientific communication in the decade to come. But I think the core publishing system that undergirds so much of the culture of science will remain largely intact.”
February 10, 2010
BTB #153: From the Frontlines of the E-book Wars
Ten years ago, when the “Big Bang” of online media gave birth to rudimentary e-readers, devices like the Rocket promised the moon but didn’t quite deliver. Today, the e-readers have proliferated in a kind of arms race underwritten by Sony, Amazon, Apple and even media giants like Hearst. There are nooks and Kindles, Plastic Logic QUEs, and Skiffs, and of course, the iPad, introduced just weeks ago to a breathless world by Steve Jobs.
The devices themselves, though, aren’t much use without the digital books they are meant to display. The real fight still lies ahead, and will be not over customers, but over content.
Recorded live with a national online audience and caller participation, this special report covers breaking news from the front lines and battlefields of the e-book wars. Chris Kenneally interviewed the leading journalists and analysts who are covering this first break-out story of the year in publishing, including
- Andrew Albanese, features editor at Publishers Weekly
- Sara Nelson, Books Editor, “O” Magazine
- Brian O’Leary, Founder & Principal, Magellan Media Partners
- Mike Shatzkin, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company, Inc.,
This special program was made possible in part by OnCopyright2010: The Collision of Ideas. Coming March 10 to the Union League Club in New York City with special guests William Patry from Google; Gabby Darbyshire of Gawker Media; and many more. Registration information at oncopyright2010.com.
February 8, 2010
Live Webcast: From the Frontlines of the E-book Wars
From the debut of the iPad to MacMillan’s challenge of Amazon’s pricing model for Kindle book downloads, the news in recent weeks on the multiple fronts in the electronic publishing revolution has raised many questions and heightened concerns for the future of our industry. Without any doubt, E-books Wars is the first break-out story of the year in book publishing. And we can expect it to remain a leading headline-maker throughout 2010.
As host and producer for “Beyond the Book,” I take seriously our commitment at the non-profit Copyright Clearance Center to serve authors and publishers with innovative licensing solutions that lead to expanded markets and systems that facilitate content reuse. The Beyond the Book series strives to be a premium resource for knowledge on the latest business issues facing today’s dynamic publishing industry – from initial research to final publication, and beyond.
On Wednesday, February 10, from 2 to 3 p.m., I look forward to hosting a special live streaming edition of “Beyond the Book” that will look at all sides of the e-book story and what future battles in the e-book wars may bring to the print and digital marketplace.
Joining me will be the leading journalists and analysts who have been covering the war:
- Andrew Albanese, features editor at Publishers Weekly
- Sara Nelson, Books Editor, “O” Magazine
- Brian O’Leary, Founder & Principal, Magellan Media Partners
- Mike Shatzkin, Founder & CEO, The Idea Logical Company, Inc.,
Here’s the really exciting part for me. On Wednesday, for the first time at “Beyond the Book,” we will take your calls at 1-646-378-1949. With my panel and your help, I plan to peel back the layers of this complex story in the search for clarity.
Thanks in advance for joining me on Wednesday, February 10, at 2 p.m., on our new Live Webcast page or our channel at BlogTalkRadio. But if you can’t be with us “live,” remember that the show will be available shortly after it ends in our regular podcast series, too.
You can learn more about this and other stories at the Beyond The Book Facebook page and Twitter feed. You can also follow what the publishing industry has to say by clicking on the #ebookwars hashtag on Twitter.
Cheers,
Christopher Kenneally
