Archive for the 'Archive 2008 Podcasts' Category
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 [...]
