BTB #128: Will the ‘Real’ Andrew Kent Please Stand Up?

Oct 26, 2009 | Podcasts

Beyond the Book has cracked the case: Kent Anderson –a senior executive for a world-leading science journal – and Andrew Kent – author of the well-received Johnny DeNovo detective novel series – are one and the same man. “There is a yin and yang between my creative...

BTB #127: This Way to Hollywood

Oct 18, 2009 | Podcasts

It’s a century-old pursuit: Book authors hoping to make it big in the movie business. The explosion of video on the Web now lets authors introduce books and concepts to agents, producers and directors more quickly and easily than ever before. Newly-formed...

BTB #126: San Antontio: Great Plains and Texas Crossroad

Oct 11, 2009 | Podcasts

It’s a TAA tradition: Geographer Robert W. Christopherson opens each annual TAA conference with a “geo-primer,” a one-hour crash course on geography and “place.” For this year’s visit to San Antonio, the award-winning geography textbook author explored the city as a...

BTB #125: For Lunch, A Buffet of Trade Publishing Insights

Oct 8, 2009 | News, Podcasts

Publishers Lunch creator Michael Cader last week visited CCC’s office to address a gathering of rightsholders. The trade book publishing guru-in-chief dished out reviews on the latest news on the Google Book Settlement case, and offered his take on vooks, instabooks,...

BTB #123: For Frankfurt, Helpful Hints

Oct 5, 2009 | International, News, Podcasts

With Frankfurt Book Fair opening next week, it’s time to check in again with Dawn Bruno, Global Publishing Team Leader and International Trade Specialist for the New York City branch of the U.S. Commercial Service (an export promotion agency within Commerce) and...

Upcoming Conference: Writers Face the Digital Age in Boston

Oct 2, 2009 | Announcements

“Shall We Write for Free or Shall We Write for Pay? Writers Face the Digital Age” – a conference on issues of vital concern to writers in every genre – is coming to the campus of Northeastern University in Boston, on Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17....

Best of BTB: Let the Chaos Begin!

Oct 1, 2009 | Best of VOC, News, Podcasts

October 1 opens “30 Days of Chaos,” a free national event dedicated to preparing for media and marketing’s digital future. Organized by Bob Garfield around the publication of his new book, The Chaos Scenario, “30 Days of Chaos” will enable and empower you, your...