BTB #150: Electric Literature Is Shiny New Home for Fiction

Jan 31, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts

Tired of hearing that literary fiction is doomed in the digital age? Well, Scott Lindenbaum and Andy Hunter, were – in fact they became so tired of hearing that Kindles and computers were killing literary fiction, the pair from Brooklyn College started an online...

BTB #149: Bringing Data to the Debate on E-book ‘Piracy’

Jan 29, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts

As e-readers and e-books gather momentum in the early days of 2010, some book publishers find themselves on the horns of a marketing dilemma. Do they join the new e-book club to capture sales, or do they stand back to keep their content safe from online...

BTB #148: In Soho, A Digital Start-up From the Book World

Jan 26, 2010 | Podcasts

When Jane Friedman and Jeff Sharp first became business partners several years ago at HarperCollins, they sought to join the eye of a Hollywood film producer for a striking image and the ear of a publishing executive for evocative language. The pair have since carried...

BTB #147: Journalism Doesn’t Pay

Jan 24, 2010 | Best of VOC, Podcasts

The self-supporting journalist, making a living from assignment to assignment, is an endangered species. James Rainey, who reports “On the Media” for the Los Angeles Times, has recently documented the decline of freelance writing. Payment in the low-two...

BTB #146: At Digital Book World, A is for ‘Audience’

Jan 17, 2010 | Podcasts

Next week, the two-day Digital Book World conference gets underway in New York City at a moment when – for better or for worse – the digital tide may become a tsunami for the book publishing world. Ahead of the first-time conference, Chris Kenneally spoke with...

Mythconceptions: Debunking the E-Book Hype with Danny O. Snow

Jan 14, 2010 | Announcements, Digital Transformation, Podcasts

The following is a preview of an upcoming interview with Danny O. Snow, founder of Unlimited Publishing, who promises to debunk several myths about e-publishing. The podcast will be released on Monday, February 8, 2010. In 2010, the long anticipated migration of...

BTB #145: Screen Culture: Covering The World In Words and Pictures

Jan 10, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts

In 1000 days – sometime in 2013 – 11 billion square feet of digital screen surface will exist on earth, enough to cover the planet’s surface almost 50 times. For Peter Kaufman of Intelligent Television, the potential exists in the emerging global “screen culture” to...

BTB #144: Aims & Aimlessness of ‘A Good Talk’

Jan 4, 2010 | Podcasts

Don’t expect A Good Talk: The Story & Skill of Conversation to improve your conversation skills, though it just may. For his new book, published today by Twelve Books, Daniel Menaker set out not to write a “how to” but a “what for” volume....

BTB #143: Attention Authors: The E-book Marketplace is Open

Jan 3, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts

Media coverage for the Kindle and iPhone make clear that the time for e-books has arrived. While many publishers are prepared for the opening of this new marketplace, authors are likely to wonder what’s in it for them. Authorlink CEO Doris Booth tells Chris Kenneally,...