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 Bennett, Executive Editor of the South Florida Times. A nationally-known [...]
Archive | 2008
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 lie ahead. Our commitment to you [...]
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 craft of publishing and makes as little distinction as possible between the press and [...]
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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. Hint: It’s not what you’re wearing!
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 takes to make a publisher out of an author during a break in the annual PubWest conference earlier this fall. [...]
Ozmo Launched to Help Artists License Content for Commercial Use
Copyright Clearance Center, the world’s largest provider of copyright licensing solutions, has announced the beta launch of Ozmo (www.ozmo.com), a web-based service that makes it easy for independent content creators to license the use of their work for commercial purposes and for content users to tap into the wealth of user-generated content found online. Ozmo [...]
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 Bennett, Executive Editor of the South Florida Times. A nationally-known [...]
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 inexpensive marketing works best.
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 challenges in a publishing world where it’s no longer “either/or” but [...]
Best of BTB: Rights Dissolution or Rights Resolution?
By special arrangement with the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO), “Beyond the Book” presents excerpts from an address by IFRRO’s Honorary President Tarja Koskinen-Olsson to the 2007 Annual General Meeting in Dublin. Ms. Koskinen-Olsson, former chief executive of Kopiosto, the Finnish RRO, speaks on Administration of Access to Copyright Works in the Digital [...]
