3277 readersBusiness cards? Check! Online show planner? Advil? Check! Baby powder? Er, um… check? If you’re preparing for BookExpo America, you’ll need all of that and more. At least that’s the advice from the man responsible for the largest annual book trade fair in the United States.
BEA arrives at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New
5166 readersLater this week, CCC’s Chris Kenneally attends the annual conference of “Novelists, Inc.,” where he joins a distinguished roster of speakers including Angela James, executive editor of Carina Press, the “digital first” imprint from Harlequin.
A prolific blogger, James is leading the charge to create a business model for e-books in trade publishing. She spoke with
1805 readersCCC’s Google Book Settlement Webinar series continues: As you very likely know, on March 22, Judge Chin issued his long awaited opinion in the Google Book Search settlement proceedings, rejecting the Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) proposed by the Authors Guild, AAP and Google. On Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 12:00pm EST, join copyright expert Lois Wasoff
1798 readersReporting direct from the show floor at Frankfurt Book Fair, Andrew Albanese brings word on the books and the deals that have the halls abuzz at the world’s biggest book and media fair. From the opposite side of “the pond,” at PW’s offices in New York City, reviews editor and blogger Rose Fox tells CCC’s
5505 readersThe Google Books Case has moved forward – now sans settlement – as the Authors Guild recently met an important deadline set forth by Judge Denny Chin in the six-year-old litigation and filed their motion for class certification. “The case is now on a path where the long-running legal drama over Google’s program to scan
1453 readersOn April 4th in New York City, the annual Publishing Business Conference & Expo gets a kick and a kick-off with a keynote address from Steve Hannah, CEO of The Onion, who promises a behind-the-scenes look at his publication’s cross-media growth, its recent print-licensing partnerships, and recently launched TV shows, as well as its plans
3614 readersOn Monday, December 12, 2011, a panel of IP experts and commentators offered their answers and insights into these compelling issues at the Knight Studio in the Newseum in Washington, DC. First to speak with CCC’s Chris Kenneally was Maria A. Pallante: The 12th Register of Copyrights and Director of the United States Copyright Office.
3229 readersCopyright and technology have always been indivisible, whether the technology is the printing press or the iPad. Publishers and authors from Mark Twain to J.K. Rowling have struggled to protect their work from infringement, and while innovation may sometimes offer anti-piracy solutions, it can also make distribution of illegal copies faster and easier.
Wednesday, November 30,
6041 readersLater 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 author-direct publishing model currently gaining attention on the Kindle and
6958 readersOn 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 tells CCC’s Chris Kenneally, “the reaction of many technologists… is that copyright’s just in the way.