Publishing AAP Chair Urges Authors to Join Google Settlement By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2009 - 11:23 AM As the September 4 deadline nears for authors to opt out of the Google Books settlement, the chairman of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) urged authors not to resist the settlement. Yesterday BayNewser covered a specia ...
Digital BayNewser Sits In on Google Book Settlement Chat By Neal on Jul. 30, 2009 - 11:19 AM E.B. Boyd, the coeditor of mediabistro.com’s BayNewser, listened in yesterday as Publishers Weekly hosted a webinar on the Google Library Project Settlement, where various experts (including some of the settlement’s ar ...
Publishing Opening for the Pogues: George Pelecanos By Neal on Jul. 30, 2009 - 10:57 AM Earlier this year, when the Pogues played Washington, D.C., bestselling novelist and writer/producer on The Wire George Pelecanos was in the audience, and he went backstage after the show: “The band were fans of The Wire (we ...
Publishing Reed Business Information Looks to Sell Publishers Weekly By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2009 - 10:23 AM Reed Business Information (RBI) will try to sell the trade magazines Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and School Library Journal, according to a PW report. The article also notes that RBI CEO Tad Smith just resigned, and acting ...
Digital Afghan Women Writing Online By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2009 - 9:23 AM Following a trip to Afghanistan, novelist Masha Hamilton built the Afghan Women’s Writing Project–a project that gives them “a direct voice in the world, not filtered through male relatives or members of the medi ...
Publishing Random House in Wall Street Bull Suit By Jason Boog on Jul. 30, 2009 - 8:23 AM An artist has sued Random House Inc. for using a picture of the famous Wall Street bull on the cover of the new book, “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers.” The book& ...
Digital Digital Publishing Acrobatics By Jason Boog on Jul. 29, 2009 - 4:23 PM Publishers shouldn’t struggle into the e-book future alone. They can learn from the journalists, software developers, and other media workers who are building the online architecture for a digital world. Last month at the Me ...
Trends Nicholson Baker’s Live Kindle Debate By Jason Boog on Jul. 29, 2009 - 3:23 PM Since 3pm ET today, the novelist Nicholson Baker has been answering questions from Kindle critics and fans in a live chat at The New Yorker‘s website. Earlier this week Baker dissected the Amazon.com, Inc.’s Kindle rea ...
Trends Cartoonist Confidential By Jason Boog on Jul. 29, 2009 - 2:23 PM The recession has hobbled media outlets, freelance writers, and publishers, but it has hurt another, less-publicized group of creators–the professional cartoon industry. Today’s guest on Morning Media Menu was Bob Ecks ...
Authors GalleyCat’s Pynchon Party Program By Jason Boog on Jul. 29, 2009 - 12:23 PM As the August 4, 2009 release date for Thomas Pynchon’s new novel nears, GalleyCat will collect news of all the midnight parties to celebrate the release of “Inherent Vice.” A Cappella Books in Atlanta, Georgia w ...