Best of BTB: Uncovering Race Coverage

Chris Kenneally and “Beyond the Book” returned to the Miami Book Fair for “Uncovering Race Coverage: What We Mean When We Write on Race, Politics and the American Scene.” Kenneally was joined by Keith Woods, Dean of Faculty of the Poynter Institute, along with Brad...

Happy Holidays from Beyond the Book and CCC!

As we approach the end of 2008, and behalf of everyone at Copyright Clearance Center, I want to extend my best wishes for the coming new year. These last twelve months have seen many changes in the world, and perhaps the only safe prediction is that many more changes...

BTB #75: In This Class, They Read Books – and Publish Them

While in Portland, Oregon, for the PubWest conference, Christopher Kenneally learned from Dennis Stovall about an unusual sort of graduate school program that doubles as a book publisher. Ooligan Press at Portland State University is dedicated to teaching the art and...

BTB #74: Live From Anywhere… Getting Authors Air Time

For authors and publishers alike, the radio tour is an efficient, cost-effective way of reaching audiences far and wide. From his executive offices at Planned TV Arts, the agency that perfected the idea, Brian Feinblum gives his tips for a winning radio appearance....

BTB #73: Advice for “Accidental” Authors

For one thing, says author/publisher/software developer Susan Daffron, “forget bookstores. People buy our books exclusively online…because that’s where people are shopping anyway.” Daffron shared with Chris Kenneally her provocative and insightful advice on what it...

BTB #72: Uncovering Race Coverage

Chris Kenneally and “Beyond the Book” returned to the Miami Book Fair for “Uncovering Race Coverage: What We Mean When We Write on Race, Politics and the American Scene.” Kenneally was joined by Keith Woods, Dean of Faculty of the Poynter Institute, along with Brad...

BTB #71: Scott Flora on SPAN’s PubWest Partnership

From Portland, Oregon, and the annual PubWest conference, Chris Kenneally speaks with Copyright Clearance Center partner Scott Flora of the Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN). Flora gives us his take on surviving in a tightening economy and why...

BTB #70: Not My Father’s Ingram

In a keynote address to the annual conference of PubWest in Portland, Ore., this Friday (November 14), John Ingram, Vice Chairman of Ingram Industries Inc., who also serves as Chairman of Ingram Book Group, Lightning Source Inc., and Ingram Digital Group, laid out the...