Archive for June, 2006
June 29, 2006
BEA #13 - Beyond the Book: Inspiration
For the next edition of Beyond the Book, presented at BEA by the nonprofit Copyright Clearance Center, authors Jay Allison (co-author of This I Believe), Martha Simmons (co-editor of Preaching with Sacred Fire: An Anthology of African American Sermons, 1650 to the Present) and Cholene Espinoza (author of Through the Eye of the Storm: A [...]
June 28, 2006
BEA Buzz - With Google and Newt Gingrich
Our BEA Buzz reporter spoke with Jennifer Grant, product marketing manager for Google, who discussed the company’s somewhat controversial Google Book Search service along with other new search tools and business models for publishers. And not shying away from controversy, we also spoke with an empassioned Newt Gingrich on his new book, Rediscovering God in [...]
June 27, 2006
BEA Bonus - APACs The Heard Word: Audiobook & Author Tea
Hear Joseph Finder, author of Killer Instinct; Mark Bowden, author of Guests of the Ayatollah; George Pelecanos, author of The Night Gardener; and Jim Belushi, author of Real Men Don’t Apologize!, talk about the writing (and audio production) of their latest audiobooks. Moderated by one of the industry’s leading audiobook narrators, Scott Brick.
June 27, 2006
BEA Bonus - APAC’s Big Picture Thinking for the Future of Audio
Join a provocative and exciting discussion on the future of audio and publishing with Dan Cooper, president of Active Learning Technologies at Pearson Higher Education; Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine and author of The Long Tail; Denise Mroz, former VP and anti-piracy counsel for the Recording Industry of America; and Marshall Phelps, corporate vice [...]
June 26, 2006
BEA Bonus - APAC’s Publishers Tools for New Technology
Laura Wilson, director of production for Audio Renaissance, moderates an insightful panel discussion on new advancements in audio publishing including everything you ever wanted to know about podcasts, metadata, file formats, CD production and more. With John Colucci, independent producer; Cartwright Reed, president of Audiofly Corp; Roberto Mighty, independent multimedia maven from Celestial Media; and [...]
June 26, 2006
BEA Bonus - Podcasts from Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC)
As a special bonus, and in honor of June being AudioBook Month, we are offering four podcasts of presentations at the Audio Publishers Association Conference (APAC) which was held in conjunction with BEA.
This first podcast features an interview with Mary Beth Roche, publisher for Audio Renaissance and the past president of the APA, and Anthony [...]
June 26, 2006
BEA Buzz - On the Broken Trail with Duvall, Geoffrion
We roped author Alan Geoffrion and actor Robert Duvall into discussing their friendship and Geoffrion’s new novel, Broken Trail. Duvall is starring in the movie version of Broken Trail, which premieres on AMC tonight and tomorrow June 25 and June 26. The book recently hit book stands as well.
June 23, 2006
BEA #12 - Saturday Book & Author Breakfast
Marie Arana, author of Cellophane, hosts Barack Obama, author of The Audacity of Hope; Amy Sedaris, author of I Like You; and John Updike, author of Terrorist in this personal, funny, passionate and provocative discussion on everything from Latin American writing to the lost art of book selling.
June 22, 2006
BEA Buzz - Interviews with BEA and HarperCollins
Our roving reporter interviews BookExpo America show director Lance Fensterman and VP of Marketing for HarperCollins Publishing, Carl Lennertz, on trends and “buzz” at BEA and within the publishing industry.
June 21, 2006
BEA #11 - Best Way to Leverage Your Brand in the Consumer Marketplace
Bill Schubart, President of Resolution, Inc., provides a controversial discussion of the synergy among electronic media, broadcast media and books; ways publishers can sell direct to their readers; opportunties for creating and leveraging a brand; and the “paralysis and terror” many publishers face in today’s multi-channel distribution marketplace.
June 20, 2006
BEA Buzz - What’s In Your Bag? (Chapter 2)
We asked a professor, curator, some booksellers and a few librarians, what’s in YOUR bag? What books are you bringing home? And what’s the buzz at BEA this year?
June 19, 2006
BEA #10 - Chris Anderson on Long Tail Prescriptions for the Book
Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, provides a summary of his ground-breaking theory on how small markets are becoming the new mass-market and how he has been writing his book, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, in public through his blog.
June 16, 2006
BEA #9 - Upfront & Unscripted: Sara Nelson and Laura J. Miller
Publishers Weekly editor-in-chief Sara Nelson interviews Laura J. Miller, author of Reluctant Capitalists, a new book on the publishing industry. Miller, an associate professor of sociology at Brandeis University, provides a fascinating discussion on the history of book selling and insights on where the industry is going.
June 14, 2006
BEA Buzz - On Puzzles, Romantica, Hip Hop & Early Learning
Our roving reporter stopped at several exhibition booths and spoke with publishers of books on puzzles, “romantica,” hip hop and early learning for children.
