BTB #116: What You Should Know About Google Settlement

Aug 31, 2009 | Copyright, Podcasts

Originally recorded on June 22nd, copyright attorney and publishing expert Lois Wasoff reviews important developments regarding the proposed settlement in the landmark class action lawsuit. In a previous session, Wasoff outlines for publishers, authors and literary...

BTB #115: Survey Finds Google Settlement ‘Unsettled’

Aug 30, 2009 | Copyright, Podcasts

Over the last several months, Copyright Clearance Center has produced programs to inform authors and publishers – in the US and around the world – about the choices they face over the proposed settlement in the landmark Google Books case. Because it is a class action...

BTB #114: Your Readers Are Your Co-Authors

Aug 23, 2009 | Podcasts

Beginning early to gather feedback about your intentions for a new book can provide authors with valuable insights on whether or not an idea will gain traction, says Social Media Bible co-author David Brake. “What authors are doing is leveraging the collective wisdom...

BTB #113: Stop Talking, Start Listening

Aug 17, 2009 | Podcasts

Media guru, NPR personality, and Advertising Age critic Bob Garfield tells Chris Kenneally why he had to invent a publishing company after some 50 publishers declined to put out his latest book, The Chaos Scenario, according to the principles of “Listenomics” – “not...

BTB #112: A Remote Control for Your Life?

Aug 16, 2009 | Podcasts

Of all devices in your life, the cell phone or PDA in your pocket or purse is the most personal of all. And for a media giant, that represents an unprecedented level of challenge and opportunity. In her company’s vision, explains Alisa Bowen — who heads up...

BTB #111: What To Do When You Don’t Have Time

Aug 9, 2009 | Podcasts

Are you in charge of your “to-do” lists or are your lists in charge of you? Susan Robison – the “Professor Destressor” – helps her TAA 2009 conference audience unlearn what we’ve all heard about time management and how to apply practices that will increase...

BTB #110: So Much Media, So Little Time

Aug 2, 2009 | Podcasts

As Senior Editor for Reason, a monthly journal covering “politics, culture, and ideas … [and] making a principled case for liberty and individual choice,” Michael Moynihan now sees his reporting appear in numerous forms: print, blogs, video, and more. “There’s a...