BookExpoCast

July 16, 2007

MySpace for Authors and Publishers

Since its launch in 2003, MySpace has not only been an internet phenomenon, but has helped boost the careers of numerous bands, comics, and filmmakers. In this BEA session, MySpace for Authors and Publishers: Everything You Need to Know to Make it Payoff, the publishing industry gets a first-hand lesson in how to make this social-networking site work for them.

Led by Lindsay Tredent and Christine Moore of MySpace, this panel is full of first hand knowledge from authors and publishers who have utilized MySpace to boost book sales. Featured speakers include: Miriam Parker of Hachette Book Group, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, author of I Am Not Myself These Days, Kevin Callahan of HarperCollins, Barry Lyga, author of The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Gothgirl, Richard Nash of Soft Skull Press, and Trevor Kelly and Leslie Simon, co-authors of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture.