BTB #238: Leading Innovation

Recorded in Boston at the 2011 SIIA NetGain Conference, this conversation with leading analysts looks at everything from tiny smart phones to tablets to learn what’s hot, what’s not, and what you need to know that will impact your business. A trio of Boston-based...

BTB #237: Global Copyright Challenges

Increasingly, information professionals are called on to be global copyright experts in their organizations. How can they best ensure that end-users have access to copyrighted material while respecting the intellectual property rights of content creators? From Madrid,...

BTB #236: The Great Debate: Are Publishers Irrelevant?

First introduced at the 2011 London Book Fair, the “Great Debate” made its North American debut earlier today at the 27th Annual IBPA Publishing University! Four leading industry pundits argued for and against the resolution: “Authors and readers are all that matter....

BTB #235: Copyright + Commerce Video Podcast (Part 3)

On Monday, May 9, Copyright Clearance Center traveled to Washington, D.C. and the Newseum‘s Knight Studio for a lively and fascinating discussion on “Copyright and Commerce.” Tim Jucovy, Associate Counsel for the Washington Post tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally, “The...

BTB #234: Copyright + Commerce Video Podcast (Part 2)

On Monday, May 9, Copyright Clearance Center traveled to Washington, D.C. and the Newseum‘s Knight Studio for a lively and fascinating discussion on “Copyright and Commerce.” Jon Baumgarten, intellectual property lawyer, partner in the D.C. office of Proskauer Rose...

BTB #233: Copyright + Commerce Video Podcast (Part 1)

On Monday, May 9, Copyright Clearance Center traveled to Washington, D.C. and the Newseum‘s Knight Studio for a lively and fascinating discussion on “Copyright and Commerce.” First to speak with CCC’s Chris Kenneally was Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights,...

BTB #232: Books, Enhanced and Otherwise

At Digital Hollywood 2011 earlier this month, as part of the Transmedia Summit, CCC’s Chris Kenneally joined a panel of authors, developers and technologists to discuss “The Future of Enhanced Book Experiences.” Moderator Lisa Napoli, author of Radio Shangri-La,...

BTB #231: What’s In a Name?

In the world of scholarly research and publishing, a name – and the reputation that follows – can mean everything. But in the Digital Age, always getting the names right today – and for the future – has proven elusive. Like a family carefully managing its genealogy,...

BTB #230: Webinar Looks at ‘Settlement’ Aftermath

In offices from Manhattan to Mountain View, they’re picking up the scattered pieces of the Google Book Settlement. But like Humpty Dumpty in the old rhyme, can the Authors Guild, AAP and Google ever put the Settlement back together again? Next Tuesday, May 10, at 1...

BTB #229: The Arc of Publishing

Later this month at the annual BookExpo America in New York City, CCC’s Skott Klebe plans a look at “The Arc of Publishing,” examining the characteristics of market disruption, and how they apply in the changing world of eBook publishing, with special attention to the...