BTB #209: A World of Copyright

With the launch last fall of RightsDirect, CCC’s European subsidiary, Copyright Clearance Center is looking to meet better the needs of multinational corporate customers.” As Kim Zwollo, RightsDirect’s general manager explains to Chris Kenneally, “One of the...

BTB #206: ‘Merchants of Culture’ Revealed

“Books are not reading devices” warns John B. Thompson, a Sociology professor at the University of Cambridge and author of “Merchants of Culture” (Polity Press), the first major study of trade book publishing since the digital transformation...

BTB #205: Content Rights & Technology Solutions

The viability of the entertainment and media industry’s future rests on its ability to manage content and control distribution, while making it available to an ever larger customer base. At the November 2010 Digital Hollywood conference in New York City, Chris...

BTB #204: Change is Exhilarating and Scary

“That’s the nature of change,” notes publishing pundit Mike Shatzkin, recalling the last twelve months in the book industry and looking forward to the upcoming Digital Book World Conference that opens January 24 in New York City. His DBW colleague Guy LeCharles...

BTB #203: How Scholarly Publishers Stay Ahead

The first successfully among publishers to monetize content online, the STM (Scientific/Technical/Medical) community continues to lead the way today, says IP attorney Lois Wasoff. Speaking with Chris Kenneally at this fall’s IFRRO AGM in Boston, Wasoff noted that...