BTB #142: Raccah: We Publish Authors Not Books

In the future, predicts Sourcebooks CEO Dominique Raccah, “Publishers are going to take more risks and authors are going to take that risk with them.” As a follow-up to her PubWest conference keynote address, she spoke with Chris Kenneally about the...

BTB #141: Words of the Year from the Dictionary Man

At Merriam-Webster, the editors are always adding new words, of course, but now with online tracking technology, they can also tell what words we look up the most – something not possible before the Web. In 2009, this online vocabulary traffic took inspiration from...

BTB #140: For Book Sales, It’s Beyond the Bookstore

“Sales outside the bookstore is a great route to go for independent publishers,” advises Scott Flora, who heads up the publishers trade association SPAN. “It could be corporate clients, it could be to educational clients, associations,...

BTB #139: Netflix for Books?

That’s the pitch from BookSwim, which offers books for rent the way many of us rent DVDs. From “The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,” a how-to for getting published professionally, to “Superfreakonimics,” bestsellers and perennial hits are...

BTB #136: At MediaBistro, Jason Boog Learns What’s Next

A week ahead of the Mediabistro-sponsored E-Book Summit in NYC, Jason Boog tells Chris Kenneally that the audience can expect to learn practical information on how “you can start with the digital product, blend in video, blend in some audio elements, not to...

Special Podcast: SIIA Executive Face Time

As part of an online series presented by the Software & Information Industry Association, CCC’s CEO Tracey Armstrong sat down earlier this week with Hal Espo, President, Contextual Connections, LLC, a NYC-based consultancy in digital services and applications....

Tomorrow’s Innovations Fueled By Today’s Information

Even as Copyright Clearance Center creates and shapes solutions meeting the information needs of rightsholders and content consumers well into the next decade, CCC is taking stock of its last fiscal year in the company’s just-published 2009 annual report (PDF). “The...

BTB #135: A Book Report From Sara Nelson

“Publishing as we know it will die if changes are not made,” observes Sara Nelson, one of the industry’s leading pundits. Now with O, The Oprah Magazine, as its books director, Nelson is a former editor-in-chief at Publishers Weekly. Unlike many,...