Archive for July, 2008
July 31, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Dr. Ali Rashed Al Nuaimi
Dr. Ali Rashed Al Nuaimi is a member of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award Committee. In this Upfront and Unscripted podcast episode, Dr. Al Nuaimi talks with Ed Nowotka, a book columnist for Bloomberg News and Southern Correspondent for Publishers Weekly.
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, now in its third year, rewards authors in nine [...]
July 31, 2008
Chinese Publishing: Mapping the Market and Extending the Partnerships
Who is who, and who is doing what in the Chinese publishing market. How and where to find reliable and detailed market information – in English? What can a partnership do that a straight right sale can’t? And why do Chinese want to localize certain books?
Robert Baensch, Principal of Baensch International Group Ltd. and author [...]
July 29, 2008
How to Succeed in Publishing Using LinkedIn
LinkedIn has grown to become the professional equivalent of MySpace. Listen to How to Succeed in Publishing Using LinkedIn and find out why LinkedIn has become the number one business networking tool on the Internet.
Ever wanted to know how you can expand your business and network with LinkedIn? Learn how to launch your own [...]
July 28, 2008
2008 BEA Librarian Book Buzz
Book Buzz…Created by Librarians….FOR librarians!
Hosted by the AAP Trade Libraries Committee, the 2008 BEA Librarian Book Buzz brought together the industry’s top library marketing directors of the nation’s publishing houses. They were each given a chance to talk about the titles they find most inspiring for the upcoming season…and why.
This panel was moderated by [...]
July 25, 2008
Obscene in the Extreme: Why Books Still Get Banned
The electrifying national bestseller The Grapes of Wrath was burned and banned in 1939 in Kern County, California—the Joads’ newfound home. “If that book is banned today,” asked the local librarian, “what book will be banned tomorrow?”
Today, about 500 books are formally challenged each year. Why are we still so afraid of the free [...]
July 24, 2008
How Libraries Buy: Librarians Reveal Their Methods for Collection Development
According to BISG, libraries will spend over $1.8 billion on books in 2008. Buying for a library is quite different from buying for retail. No sales reps call on librarians and they do not return books, so they have to select carefully.
In this podcast episode – How Libraries Buy: Librarians Reveal Their Methods for [...]
July 23, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky is a consultant, NYU adjunct professor and author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organization.
In this Upfront and Unscripted session Shirky is joined by Jeff Howe, a contributing editor to Wired magazine and the author of Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business. [...]
July 22, 2008
The New Literacy: How Graphic Novels, the Web, and Video Games are Changing the Way We Process Information
Next-gen readers are visually assaulted by all forms of media and for the publishing industry to keep up with this pace it requires delivering information that is all things at once: entertaining, informative, credible and visually appealing.
The panelists for this program represent publishing and educational programs that monitor the development of the newest version [...]
July 21, 2008
BEA Editors Buzz
The 2008 BEA Editors Buzz panel was re-vamped to deliver the pre-show buzz right before the show-floor opened. This year’s event featured six top editors, each filling us in on their top book picks for this year.
This panel of distinguished editors included Richard Nash, Editorial Director at Counterpoint; Megan Lynch, Senior Editor at Riverhead [...]
July 18, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Benjamin Mee
Benjamin Mee, a former newspaper columnist, is known for his humorous Do It Yourself column in U.K.’s Guardian Weekend. In 2005 he published a collection of these articles in a volume entitled The Call of DIY: A Toolkit of Practical Wisdom. His new book, We Bought A Zoo, chronicles his family’s experience purchasing and [...]
July 17, 2008
Creating Maximum Customer Experience Through Felt Need Merchandising
Drawing from both customer research and years of personal retail experience Wayne Hastings, Sr. Vice President and Group Publisher at Thomas Nelson, leads this session – Creating Maximum Customer Experience Through Felt Need Merchandising.
This podcast episode will help retailers understand how they can not only help customers shop their stores, but also keep them [...]
July 16, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Marian Henley
Marian Henley’s comic strips have appeared in Glamour, Heavy Metal, MAD, San Francisco Chronicle, and many other newspapers and magazines. She is the author of Maxine!, a graphic novel, and Laughing Gas, a collection of comic strips.
Her new graphic novel, The Shiniest Jewel, takes us through her real-life journey of marriage, adoption and the [...]
July 16, 2008
Unshelved Book Slam with Design Studio Press
Artist, teacher, and publisher Scott Robertson talks about concept design for movies and video games, his company Design Studio Press, and their newest books.
Recorded live at BEA 2008.
From the Unshelved Comic Strip Archive:
July 15, 2008
Scaling the New Economies: In Search of Book Publishing’s 2.0 Business Model
As consumers grow increasingly used to consuming an enormous amount of information from countless websites and blogs, for free, what’s the business model for traditional publishers? And how do we compete in a world where people are willing spend their time writing for Wikipedia, a website or blog, for nothing?
With these new economies becoming [...]
