Archive BEA 2008
November 10, 2008
BEA Street Date: Ted Turner
For this BEA Street Date episode, we reprise Ted Turner, who spoke at the BEA Sunday Book and Author Breakfast on June 1, 2008 in Los Angeles. Ted’s new book, Call Me Ted, written with Bill Burke (Grand Central, ISBN-10: 0446581895) was just released with a “street date” of November 10, 2008.
This podcast episode [...]
August 5, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegleman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning artist/illustrator, comic legend, and author of Breakdowns: The Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! He was also a pioneer in the movement that brought comics into the realm of respected literature.
In this Upfront and Unscripted podcast episode, Spiegleman and Daniel Pink, author of The Adventures [...]
August 4, 2008
The Author-preneur: Balancing Authorship and the New Business of Brand-building
“Authors must become brands” is now common wisdom in book publishing. But should authors be in business beyond their books?
The growing trend towards “author-preneurship” reveals a range of opportunities and skills for authors to both gain from and contribute to the business world. Authors are founding startups, producing films, running lecture agencies, consulting with [...]
August 1, 2008
How Much is That Web Site Worth? Considerations for Buying Specialized Content and Targeting Niche Audiences
Publishers looking to build web communities are increasingly faced with a choice: build, or buy? To make the right decision, prospective buyers need to consider the time, resources and benefits of acquiring targeted web communities.
In this podcast episode Brian O’Leary, Founder of Magellan Media Consulting Partners, leads publishers through this process. Among other things, [...]
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.
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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 [...]
July 14, 2008
Saturday Book and Author Luncheon
This year’s Saturday Book and Author Luncheon once again focused on political and social issues and featured Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, author of Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era, Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, and Richard Engel, author of War Journal.
Christopher Buckley, author of Supreme Courtship: [...]
July 11, 2008
Teaching Some Old Publishing Dogs Some New Digital Tricks
Some exciting solutions that would change the way publishers do business are being offered by third-party vendors. How do they find it selling new ways of doing things in a media industry that has changed less than any other in the past decade? In this podcast episode – Teaching Some Old Publishing Dogs Some New [...]
July 10, 2008
Publisher Paradigms for the Emerging Generation of Mobile Content Consumers
Moving forward, the ability to create content that is enjoyed and shared by consumers will define success in publishing. New mobile devices and technologies, such as Apple’s iPhone, Amazon’s Kindle and Sony’s eBook Reader, are just a few of the devices that are changing how people consume and share book content.
For publishers to remain [...]
July 9, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Stan Lee
Stan Lee is a comic icon and creator of Spider-Man, Iron Man, and The Incredible Hulk. In recent years, the transition of legendary comic characters from the printed page to the big screen has infused new life into some of the most beloved heroes and villains of the 20th century.
Peter Debruge, Executive Editor of [...]
July 9, 2008
Unshelved Book Slam with Lerner Publishing Group
Lindsay and Lois from Lerner Publishing Group book talk Unshelved’s Bill and Gene in under ten minutes. Almost.
Recorded live at BEA 2008.
From the Unshelved Comic Strip Archive:
July 8, 2008
The Caravan Project: Good Books Any Way You Want Them Now
The Caravan Project is an innovative non-profit partnership of publishers, distributors and booksellers which has produced scores of books in multiple platforms: e-books, downloadable audio, print-on-demand and large print.
Peter Osnos, Founder and Editor-at-Large, PublicAffairs and Director of The Caravan Project moderates this panel of digital publishing experts. These project participants describe its [...]
July 7, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Fate, as well as the bestsellers The Tenth Justice, Dead Even, The First Counsel, The Millionaires and The Zero Game. His new thriller, The Book of Lies, will be published in September.
In this Upfront and Unscripted podcast session, Meltzer is joined [...]
July 5, 2008
The Heard Word: BEA Audiobook and Author Tea
The 2008 BEA Audiobook and Author Tea, now in its 9th year, featured Robert Crais, author of an untitled Elvis Cole novel, T. Jefferson Parker, author of LA Outlaws, and Michael Connelly, author of The Brass Verdict.
In this podcast episode, these esteemed authors talk about their recent and upcoming audiobooks and the experience of [...]
July 2, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Steve Lopez
Steve Lopez is a Los Angeles Times columnist who has also written for Time, Sports Illustrated, Life and Entertainment Weekly. He is also the author of The Soloist: The True Story of a Tortured Genius, One Man’s Mission to Save Him, and the Redemptive Power of Music.
This Upfront and Unscripted podcast episode features Lopez [...]
July 1, 2008
The New American Character: Living within an Age of Limits
After compiling opinion research for over a decade, John Zogby, Founder and CEO of Zogby International, reveals a new emerging American consensus arising from the collapse of trust in our leaders and leading institutions. He finds four meta-movements that shape this new consensus:
Learning to live in an age of limits on everything
Embracing diversity and [...]
July 1, 2008
Unshelved Book Slam with Scott Jordan of PoliPointPress
Scott Jordan introduces PoliPointPress and book talks Bill and Gene on their upcoming releases.
Recorded live at BEA 2008.
From the Unshelved Comic Strip Archive:
June 30, 2008
Graphic Novel Author Breakfast
The first-ever BEA Graphic Novel Author Breakfast featured some of the most successful authors from the graphic novel world.
This breakfast panel’s discussion focused on the evolution of graphic novel publishing from the underground comics scene through the category’s current explosion into mainstream bookselling. The speakers place their own work in the context of [...]
June 27, 2008
Raising Dangerous Boys and Daring Girls: Children, Literature, and the Green Movement
There was a time when literature inspired children to explore nature and revel in the great outdoors, but a new generation of plugged-in children raised on iPods, Guitar Hero, and the Internet shows little interest in discovering the natural world.
What’s the future of the environmental movement if kids choose the virtual world over the [...]
June 26, 2008
Here Comes Everybody: So, What Should We Do Next?
Clay Shirky is a consultant, NYU adjunct professor and author. He is considered one of the culture’s wisest observers of the transformational power of the new forms of tech-enabled social interaction.
Using his latest release, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations as the platform and the book industry as the fulcrum, [...]
June 26, 2008
Unshelved Book Slam with Michael Rockliff of Workman
Workman’s Michael Rockliff book talks Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.
Recorded live at BEA 2008.
From the Unshelved Comic Strip Archive:
June 25, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with David Pakman
David Pakman, a pioneering digital music entrepreneur, is President and CEO of eMusic. eMusic is among the top online distributors of digital music and audiobooks.
In this Upfront and Unscripted podcast episode, Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author and Creator Relations for Copyright Clearance Center, sits down with Pakman to discuss how publishers should adapt to [...]
June 24, 2008
Crowdsourcing: How the Power of the Crowd will Drive the Future of Publishing
Jeff Howe is a contributing editor to Wired and author of the new book Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd is Driving the Future of Business.
Howe not only wrote about crowdsourcing—the act of taking a job once performed by an employee and outsourcing it to a large, undefined group of people over the [...]
June 23, 2008
Unshelved Book Slam with Random House
Jen Childs and Marcia Purcell from Random House, Inc. book talk their season faves to Bill and Gene.
Recorded live at BEA 2008.
From the Unshelved Comic Strip Archive:
June 23, 2008
Sunday Book and Author Breakfast
In 2008, the annual Sunday Book and Author Breakfast featured Ted Turner, author (with Bill Burke) of Call Me Ted; Azar Nafisi, author of Things I’ve Been Silent About: A Memoir of Family; and Dennis Lehane, author of The Given Day.
John Hodgman, author of More Information Than You Require served as the Master of [...]
June 20, 2008
What’s Hot, What’s Good, What’s Next in Graphic Novels
In this podcast episode – What’s Hot, What’s Good, What’s Next in Graphic Novels – graphic novel experts ICv2 bring together expert panelists to talk about which graphic novels are the most popular, which are the kind of high quality books that can mean long-term popularity, and what graphic novels are on the horizon that [...]
June 19, 2008
Unshelved Book Slam with Talia Ross of Macmillan Publishers
In the first-ever Unshelved(R) Book Slam, Talia Ross from Macmillan Publishers tells Bill and Gene about her favorite gory novels of the season.
Recorded live at BEA 2008.
From the Unshelved Comic Strip Archive:
June 19, 2008
Upfront and “Unshelved” with Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
Writer Gene Ambaum and co-writer and artist Bill Barnes are the creators of Unshelved(R), the world’s only daily comic strip set in a public library. Barnes and Ambaum recently released Frequently Asked Questions, their sixth collection of Unshelved comic strips.
At BEA 2008, The Unshelved booth was visited by numerous publishers, who were each given [...]
June 18, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Daniel Pink
Daniel H. Pink is the author of a trio of provocative books on the changing world of work. His newest work is The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, the first business book for a western audience in the Japanese comic format known as manga.
In this Upfront and Unscripted [...]
June 17, 2008
BISG Presents Book Industry TRENDS 2008
Get your first look at the data driving today’s book industry! This session previews the newest edition of the Book Industry Study Group’s (BISG) flagship research publication Book Industry TRENDS 2008.
The presentation offers details concerning the overall size of the U.S. book market and growth projections for 2008 through 2012. For more than thirty [...]
June 16, 2008
In Memoriam: Tim Russert from BEA 2006
In honor of Tim Russert, we are re-distributing this May 2006 podcast.
Tim was the opening night keynote speaker for BookExpo America when it was in Washington, D.C. At the time, Tim had just released his book, Wisdom of our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons (Random House), and during his speech Tim [...]
June 16, 2008
The Future of Reading
A century ago, the cinema was dismissed as “an invention without a future,” but today it thrives as much in theaters as online. Likewise, books and the habit of reading are often placed on endangered lists in our own time, especially by technophiles who denigrate the printed word as an obsolete “form factor.” [...]
June 13, 2008
Emerging Voices
BookExpo America’s seventh annual Emerging Voices panel once again provided an unparalleled opportunity for all to listen to, and meet authors whose works are on the verge of gaining wider audiences and recognition.
This year’s Emerging Voices panelists were: Nami Mun – author, Miles from Nowhere; Rachel Kushner – author, Telex from Cuba; Andrew Davidson – [...]
June 12, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Jeff Bezos
In this Upfront and Unscripted session, visionaries Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com, and Chris Anderson, Executive Editor of Wired and author of The Long Tail, participate in a one-on-one informal but incisive discussion focused on the evolving impact of Amazon’s Kindle on publishing models and reader habits.
Kindleistas in the digital media continue [...]
June 11, 2008
What Retailers & Librarians Should Know about Video Games and Gamers
Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia, takes us inside the video game world — explaining how this fast-growing, often-misunderstood new medium has evolved over the past twenty years, and exploring the connections between video games, books, movies and graphic novels.
Created by Jordan on the Apple II computer 20 years ago, Prince of Persia [...]
June 10, 2008
BOOM: Marketing to the Ultimate Book-Buying Consumer
The publishing industry has woken up to the fact that the boomer generation, and women, in particular, did not fade away at 60.
In fact, baby boomers–ages 43-61– comprise the largest book-buying demographic today. But as lucrative as this consumer may be, marketing books to boomers is not for the faint of heart. They are [...]
June 9, 2008
Saturday Book and Author Breakfast
The 2008 Saturday Book and Author Breakfast featured Magic Johnson, author of an untitled book on business; Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Queen; and Andre Dubus III, author of The Garden of Last Days: A Novel.
Alec Baldwin, author of A Promise To Ourselves: A Journey Through Divorce and Fatherhood served as the Master [...]
June 6, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Sid Jacobson
Sid Jacobson was the managing editor and editor in chief for Harvey Comics, where he created Richie Rich, and executive editor at Marvel Comics. Along with long-time colleague Ernie Colón, Jacobson released The 9/11 Report, a graphical presentation of the 9/11 Commission’s final report card of the U.S. government’s fulfillment of the recommendations issued [...]
June 5, 2008
Something to Hide: Writers Against the Surveillance State
As the United States faces more and more national security challenges and potential threats, authors find themselves in their own fight against the policies that have been put in place to protect our country.
Writers and journalists from all over the world are imprisoned, threatened, persecuted, or attacked in the course of carrying out [...]
June 4, 2008
RIP DRM: How Publishers Should Adapt to New Digital Channels
Following the trail of the music industry, the publishing industry is facing a new world where channels of distribution are controlled by the consumer instead of the content creator.
As book publishers become more entrenched in this new system, they face many challenges, including the option to encode media with digital rights management technologies (DRM).
In [...]
June 3, 2008
Upfront and Unscripted with Jeff Sharp
Jeff Sharp is one of New York’s most prominent independent film producers. Over the past ten years, he has produced several notable features, including Boys Don’t Cry, You Can Count on Me, and Nicholas Nickleby. He is currently the President and CEO of Sharp Independent, which last fall announced a strategic partnership with [...]
June 3, 2008
Children’s Book and Author Breakfast
Presented in cooperation with the Children’s Booksellers and Publishers Committee [A cooperative committee of the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC), and the Children’s Book Council (CBC)] this opening-day breakfast featured Sherman Alexie, author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian; Judy Blume, author of Going, Going, Gone! [...]
June 1, 2008
Welcome to BEA 2008
We caught up with the director of BookExpo America, Lance Fensterman, just as the doors opened for BEA 2008 at 9 am on Friday May 30.
May 27, 2008
Bmally Teaches The 10 Commandments to the Youngest Lambs
Vivica Keyes is the Founder and President of Prazup, Inc. As a former Nursery, Pre-K and Kindergarten Ministry Director, she developed and wrote the curriculum for several years before she began to write her own children’s series and created her first character, Bmally.
Bmally (pronounced Baa-lee) is the main character in The 10 Commandments, is [...]
May 27, 2008
Music, Books and Business: The Name Says It All!
Music, Books and Business is a wholesale distributor of music and book products. They provide the music and book industry with innovations that increase sales while maintaining efficient cost controls. Booksellers all over the world depend on MB&B to supply them with fast selling products. Their fulfillment service is among the nation’s best and their [...]
May 26, 2008
Andrew Sean Greer Discusses The Story of a Marriage
Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli, the story collection How It Was for Me, and the novel The Path of Minor Planets.
His new book, The Story of a Marriage, is a love story full of secrets and astonishments set in 1950s San Francisco.
In this podcast episode, Greer discusses [...]
May 26, 2008
The “Most Funniest” Way to Explore Life’s Lessons!
Life’s Building Blocks designs, creates, markets and sells an extensive line of unique products and programs dedicated to helping parents develop morals and character in children in a fun and interactive environment.
The smartly packaged products include books, board games, toys and DVD’s that are distributed through proven direct marketing techniques that build upon historical [...]
May 25, 2008
Jon Scieszka’s Mission: Foster A New Generation of Readers
Beloved author of children’s books Jon Scieszka was recently appointed the first National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress. The position was created to raise national awareness of the importance of young people’s literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education, and the development and betterment of the lives of [...]
May 25, 2008
Robert Stikmanz Leads Readers Into The Hidden Lands of Nod
Robert Stikmanz is the creative identity of Austin, Texas, author and artist Rob Lewis.
Prelude to a Change of Mind, Stikmanz’s first book in The Hidden Lands of Nod series, was released in February 2007. Blending fantasy, folklore, speculative science and social critique, this beautifully crafted novel introduces the world of the Dvarsh and their interactions [...]
May 24, 2008
John Hodgman Offers Up More Information Than We Require
John Hodgman is a contributing writer for publications including The New York Times Magazine. He wrote an advice column for McSweeney’s for over a year entitled “Ask a Former Professional Literary Agent,” and currently curates and hosts the Little Gray Book Lectures—a monthly series that has been broadcast on This American Life. He now appears [...]
May 24, 2008
LibreDigital: Providing Your Internet Digital Warehouse
Like a traditional warehouse in the physical world, LibreDigital’s LDW serves as a secure, high-performance hub for book publishers as they move into the digital age. Using the “SaaS” (Software as a Service) model, LibreDigital has created sophisticated and internet-facing repository and digitization services that are especially configured for the requirements of publishers.
In this episode, [...]
May 23, 2008
Christopher Buckley Hosts Saturday Book and Author Luncheon
After a classical education at the Portsmouth Abbey School, Christopher Buckley graduated from Yale University. He became managing editor of Esquire Magazine and later worked as the chief speechwriter for Vice President George H. W. Bush. This experience led to his novel The White House Mess, a satire on White House office politics and political [...]
May 23, 2008
Joe O’Connell On Evacuation Plan: A Novel from the Hospice
Joe O’Connell is an author and journalist who writes film columns for both the Dallas Morning News and The Austin Chronicle.
In O’Connell’s new book, Evacuation Plan: A Novel from the Hospice, Matt, a fledgling screenwriter, volunteers to work with the terminally ill in exchange for a good plot for his next script. He meets the [...]
May 22, 2008
BEA Saturday Night Benefit to Feature Comedian Lewis Black
Lewis Black is a hugely popular New York Times bestselling author, stand-up comedian, playwright, and actor. Besides appearing on The Daily Show since its inception, he has written and starred in a string of successful specials on HBO and Comedy Central. In 2001, he won the American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Stand-Up [...]
May 22, 2008
Groundbreaking Diet Returns with South Beach Supercharged
Five years after publication of the #1 international blockbuster bestseller, The South Beach Diet, renowned cardiologist, Arthur Agatston, M.D. releases The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life.
In the original South Beach Diet book, Dr. Agatston changed the way America eats, with his right carbs, right fats approach. Now his [...]
May 21, 2008
You CAN Tell a Book By Looking At Its Cover
Doug Billups of Lifetouch Commercial Printing and Book Manufacturing says what every publisher’s Production Manager knows: You can tell a lot about the capabilities of a book manufacturer by examining their samples. Not only by looking over the covers, but at the binding and the print quality.
Doug also tells why Lifetouch’s expertise in photography [...]
May 21, 2008
IBS Bookmaster: The Publishing Industry Supply Chain Solution
International Business Systems is one of the leading international suppliers of business application software and professional consulting services for supply chain execution.
In the publishing industry, they are most widely known for their IBS Bookmaster product. IBS Bookmaster software caters to the special requirements of academic, trade, specialized, niche and subscriptions based publishers and distributors. [...]
May 20, 2008
Thomas Friedman Brings Message of Climate Change to BEA
Thomas L. Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is a New York Times columnist and author of such books as From Beirut to Jerusalem and the no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat.
The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook [...]
May 20, 2008
Listen Up! AAP Launches Get Caught Listening Campaign
In response to the impact of books in audio format, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced the launch of a new audiobook extension to its widely successful “Get Caught Reading”™ public awareness reading campaign entitled “Get Caught Listening”™.
The trade association’s newest public awareness initiative communicates the pleasures of enjoying and listening to books [...]
May 19, 2008
Playing Life to Win with Dr. Taylor Hartman
Dr. Taylor Hartman is the critically acclaimed author of The Color Code: A New Way to See Yourself, Your Relationships, and Life (and creator of The Color Code Personality Profile).
With a Ph.D. in Human Behavior and Leadership, Dr. Hartman has been teaching the world for over thirty years one basic truth: All life is [...]
May 18, 2008
BEA Boss Lance Fensterman Avoids Work with Author Dan Pink
Daniel H. Pink is the author of a trio of provocative books on the changing world of work.
His newest work is The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, the first business book for a western audience in the Japanese comic format known as manga. Before that, he wrote A [...]
May 17, 2008
Impelsys: Solutions to Bring Electronic Publishing to the Masses
In this episode, we speak with David Saracco, Vice President of e-Publishing at Impelsys.
Impelsys helps its clients manage technology and electronic content delivery in a cost effective and resource efficient manner. This is done by leveraging global locations and publishing technology experts, as well as by using Impelsys’ software products that help in [...]
May 16, 2008
Beyond the Book’s Kenneally to Host Three Events at BEA 2008
Christopher Kenneally, Director of Author and Creator Relations at Copyright Clearance Center, is the host of CCC’s “Beyond the Book” podcast program, which explores issues facing the information content industry and helps creative professionals realize the full potential of their works, while encouraging respect for intellectual property and the principles of copyright. Kenneally returns [...]
May 15, 2008
From Front to Back, The Book Designers Has You Covered
Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Book Designers, a full-scale design studio, specialize in the development of innovative solutions to your book design challenges: from concept to completion.
In this episode, we talk to The Book Designers co-founder and Art Director Ian Shimkoviak. Shimkoviak discusses the creative process that goes into book [...]
May 14, 2008
Author Philippa Gregory Discusses The Other Queen
Best-selling author Philippa Gregory, whose books The Boleyn Inheritance and The Other Boleyn Girl have been cited by Time Magazine as the source of the current Tudor period fascination, has written a new novel, The Other Queen, portraying the life and infamous death of Mary Queen of Scots.
Gregory, who has penned over 20 books in [...]
May 13, 2008
Gregory Lamberson to Teach BEA the Meaning of True Fear
Gregory Lamberson is a filmmaker and author. He wrote and directed the microbudget horror films Slime City, Undying Love, and Naked Fear. His first novel, Personal Demons, won the Anubis Award for Horror
His new book, Johnny Gruesome, is about a small town high school student with a passion for fast cars and loose [...]
May 12, 2008
Children’s Book and Author Breakfast to feature Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is the author of the New York Times best-selling children’s book Coraline, the short story collection M is for Magic, the novel InterWorld, co-written with Michael Reaves and of the picture books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish and the New York Times best-selling The Wolves in the Walls.
The Graveyard [...]
May 9, 2008
Summit University Press Brings Three New Titles to BEA
The popular Pocket Guides to Practical Spirituality Series from Summit University Press now expands to a full baker’s dozen with the June release of I Am Your Guard (How Archangel Michael Can Protect You) and Is Mother Nature Mad? (How to Work with Nature Spirits to Mitigate Natural Disasters), both written by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. [...]
May 8, 2008
2008 Stanford Publishing Course to Focus on Digital Media
Geared to professionals in book and magazine publishing, and taught by top U.S. media experts, Stanford’s 2008 Professional Publishing Course, July 12-19, focuses on the digital wave that’s radically altering the media world.
Now in its 31st year, the Stanford Publishing Course attracts participants from both the United States and from 30 [...]
May 7, 2008
Dennis Lehane Previews His New Book, The Given Day
Dennis Lehane is the author of A Drink Before the War, which won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel, the New York Times bestsellers Mystic River and Shutter Island, and many more novels.
His new book, The Given Day is an epic novel set at the end of the First World War that unflinchingly captures [...]
May 5, 2008
Dr. Jessie Jones Discusses In Full Bloom
According to Dr. Jessie Jones who, along with Ilchi Lee, co-authored In Full Bloom: A Brain Education Guide for Successful Aging, the truth about the aging brain is simple but extraordinary: you can have a fit brain at age 60, 70, 80 and beyond. It’s simply a matter of choice.
In Full Bloom: A Brain [...]
May 1, 2008
Judy Blume to speak at Children’s Book and Author Breakfast
Beloved author Judy Blume, who has penned nearly 30 books including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and the Fudge series, is currently writing a series of four books for young readers, illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist James Stevenson. The third book in this series, Going, Going, Gone with the Pain and the [...]
April 29, 2008
BEA 2008 – Sneak Preview with Director Lance Fensterman
It’s that time of year again! BEA 2008 kicks off one month from today (May 29 through June 1), so it’s time start planning your event schedule.
Over the next month BookExpoCast, the official podcast of BookExpo America, will be dishing up interviews with some of this year’s speakers, including Jon Krakauer, Neil Gaiman, John [...]
