Archive for June, 2007
June 29, 2007
Upfront and Unscripted: Nancy Pearl
Nancy Pearl is a legendary librarian in the Seattle area. Now retired from the Seattle Public Library, Pearl speaks and writes about the books the rest of us should be reading. Her newest book is called Book Crush.
In this session, Pearl speaks with Bob Minzesheimer, Book Editor for USA Today, about the [...]
June 28, 2007
Upfront and Unscripted: Ken Lombard, Starbucks Entertainment
Ken Lombard is President of Starbucks Entertainment. Lombard, a longtime business partner of Earvin “Magic” Johnson, took the helm of Starbucks Entertainment in 2004 with plans to expand the coffee retailer’s presence in the book, movie, and music markets.
In this Upfront and Unscripted session, Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of WIRED, and Lombard discuss the Starbucks [...]
June 27, 2007
Ian McEwan on Chesil Beach Preview
At BEA, Powell’s Books in partnership with Out of the Book Films, introduced a groundbreaking series of short films about authors. The first in the series, the 28-minute film, “Ian McEwan on Chesil Beach,” was screened on Saturday, June 2. Shot over four days in England and the United States, the film includes interviews [...]
June 26, 2007
A Mighty Heart: From Manuscript to Screen with Mariane Pearl
Presented by Paramount Vantage, this panel discussion offers a behind-the-scenes look at the feature film A Mighty Heart. The movie, starring Angelina Jolie, is based on Mariane Pearl’s memoir, detailing the unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s life and death.
Panelists include: Scribner Vice President and Editor-In-Chief Nan Graham, [...]
June 25, 2007
BookExpo 2007 Editors Buzz Forum
The BEA Editors Buzz Forum is always a highly anticipated event. This year’s session, moderated by Sara Nelson of Publishers Weekly, featured a panel of six top book editors. Each had a chance to speak about the one book that has them excited this year.
This year’s panel included: Daniel Halpern of [...]
June 24, 2007
Upfront and Unscripted: Adam Bellow and Hannah Tinti
Adam Bellow is Executive Editor and Co-Founder of Doubleday Broadway and Pamphleteer Press. Hannah Tinti is Editor of One Story magazine and author of the book Animal Crackers.
Bellow and Tinti are leading the movement to resurrect the pamphlet as a viable means to connect with the public. In this [...]
June 21, 2007
Upfront and Unscripted: Nancy Horan, author, Loving Frank
Nancy Horan is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in numerous publications. Her first novel, Loving Frank, tells the story of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s love affair with Mamah Borthwick Cheney, a married woman who, along with her husband, had commissioned Wright to design their family home.
Kristin Matthews, Book Producer [...]
June 20, 2007
Upfront and Unscripted: Terry Moore, Strangers in Paradise
Terry Moore is the creator of the graphic novel series Strangers in Paradise. After authoring nineteen graphic novels, six pocketbooks, and over one hundred comic books in the series, Moore has decided to retire the Strangers in Paradise franchise. Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Legal Defense Fund, and Moore reflect on [...]
June 19, 2007
Thinning the Ivy: How Yale University Press Used New Media to Change its Image
As the publishing industry embraces the world of new media, lessons can be learned from the pioneers of our business. Daniel Lee, Web Marketing Manager for Yale University Press and Chris Gondek, Producer and Host of the Yale PressCast will speak about the genesis of their successful project and share real results from their [...]
June 18, 2007
Upfront and Unscripted: Chris Anderson on BookTour.com
Chris Anderson is Editor-in-Chief of WIRED, author of The Long Tail, and co-founder of the new website BookTour.com. Along with Kevin Smokler, editor of Bookmark Now and creator of the Virtual Book Tour, and Adam Goldstein, author of several volumes of the Missing Manual computer book series, Anderson created this new service as the [...]
June 17, 2007
African-American Keynote Address: Victoria Rowell
Victoria Rowell is a versatile actress of theatre, primetime, daytime and feature films and has been nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy and awarded eleven NAACP Image Awards. Rowell has recently released her first book, The Women Who Raised Me, which pays tribute to the role models in her life. In this session, [...]
June 14, 2007
Corporate Social Media Platforms: A Case for Publisher Participation
Corporations in all industries are experimenting and effectively using social networking tools to build product awareness and communicate with customers. In the publishing environment, books provide an easy platform for the many individual consumer and author blogs that exist – and there are many – but what about the publishers?
This session provides an [...]
June 13, 2007
Upfront and Unscripted: George Jones, CEO of Borders
George Jones is CEO of Borders Group, having been appointed in July of 2006. In this Upfront and Unscripted session, he sits down with Shelf Awareness publisher John Mutter. Jones explains Borders’ strategic plan for the future and why he believes that this plan is the right one to drive a long-term [...]
June 12, 2007
Customer Focused Publishing: Michael Hyatt of Thomas Nelson
Michael Hyatt is CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers, Inc. In this BEA 2007 session, “Customer Focused Publishing: How Thomas Nelson Moved Away from Imprints and Closer to Customer Wants,” Hyatt explains why Thomas Nelson dropped 21 publisher imprints and instituted their One Company Initiative; adjusting their focus on categories. With two full [...]
