TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » events http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 24 May 2013 19:30:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Feeling Rudderless with the Loss of O’Reilly’s TOC? Consider This http://www.teleread.com/events/feeling-rudderless-with-the-loss-of-oreillys-toc-consider-this/ http://www.teleread.com/events/feeling-rudderless-with-the-loss-of-oreillys-toc-consider-this/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 01:37:05 +0000 Lynn Rosen http://www.teleread.com/?p=84762 Much conversation and virtual space has been devoted over the last week to the announcement by O’Reilly that they are discontinuing the Tools of Change conference. The announcement stunned many, and lamentation abounded at the loss of what had been, for many, a forum for hearing new ideas and, equally important, an arena for networking [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/events/locus-awards-2013-ballot-announced/feed/ 0 Look Who’s Talking: Book Business’ New Video Chat Series http://www.teleread.com/events/look-whos-talking-book-business-new-video-chat-series/ http://www.teleread.com/events/look-whos-talking-book-business-new-video-chat-series/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 00:34:53 +0000 Lynn Rosen http://www.teleread.com/?p=84599 Last week, NAPCO‘s Publishing Media Group launched its new video chat series, Literally Speaking Publisher Chats. The chats will take place every Friday at 11 a.m. EST, and I will be speaking to a variety of publishing people. The fun new video platform Shindig is hosting our events. On Friday, May 3, I spoke with Beth Kephart, an [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/events/look-whos-talking-book-business-new-video-chat-series/feed/ 0 New media needs to take responsibility and credibility seriously http://www.teleread.com/events/new-media-needs-to-take-responsiblity-and-credibility-seriously/ http://www.teleread.com/events/new-media-needs-to-take-responsiblity-and-credibility-seriously/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:02:34 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=83558 The Rise of the Digital New Media Entity panel at the paidContent Live conference was one of the more interesting ones on Wednesday. The moderator was Jim Weisberg, chairman and editor-in-chief of the Slate Group. He weaved current events into the discussion to talk about how these new platforms have a responsibility for what is being put [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/events/new-publishers-use-metadata-to-get-results/feed/ 0 Happy Birthday to the King of the Beats! http://www.teleread.com/events/happy-birthday-to-jack-kerouac/ http://www.teleread.com/events/happy-birthday-to-jack-kerouac/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:40:11 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=81316 Yes, I was male suburban cliché: Like thousands of other disaffected middle-class white kids before me (and many more after, I’m sure), I discovered Jack Kerouac’s On the Road in high school—I’m proud to say I still own the very same copy I picked up at a long-since shuttered Borders Books in McMurray, Penna. It [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/events/happy-birthday-to-jack-kerouac/feed/ 0 Do publishers need to give authors more info to keep them happy? http://www.teleread.com/events/do-publishers-need-to-give-authors-more-info-to-keep-them-happy/ http://www.teleread.com/events/do-publishers-need-to-give-authors-more-info-to-keep-them-happy/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:43:23 +0000 Susan Lulgjuraj http://www.teleread.com/?p=81134 More than a few self-published authors, of course, have found serious success through various channels over the years—selling a vast amount of books on their own, for instance, or having their previously self-published book picked up by a big publishing concern. And yet, contrary to popular belief, not every self-published author actually wants to be picked up [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/events/myanmars-first-literary-festival-meh-maybe/feed/ 0 Are E-Books Finally Coming to Cuba? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/are-e-books-actually-coming-to-cuba/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/are-e-books-actually-coming-to-cuba/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2013 04:40:00 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=78485 We’ve been covering the international e-book scene for some time here at TeleRead, but Cuba is one county we haven’t had the opportunity to discuss much at all. TeleRead founder David Rothman wrote this thought provoking piece about the Cuban literary landscape back in April 2009. But given that Cuba is a county with virtually no digital publishing [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/read-an-e-book-week-is-gearing-up/feed/ 0 Free Webinar: The ABCs of Kids & Ebooks http://www.teleread.com/events/free-webinar-the-abcs-of-kids-ebooks/ http://www.teleread.com/events/free-webinar-the-abcs-of-kids-ebooks/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:38:18 +0000 Dan Eldridge http://www.teleread.com/?p=77478 Our friends over at Digital Book World are partnering with PlayScience, a New York-based children’s entertainment and education research company, to produce a free hour-long webinar, The ABCs of Kids & Ebooks. The webinar, which will look at the e-reading habits of children aged two to 13, is scheduled to take place from noon to 1 [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/events/free-webinar-the-abcs-of-kids-ebooks/feed/ 0 2013 Meeting Guide: At the publishing industry trade shows, hope and opportunity spring eternal http://www.teleread.com/events/2013-meeting-guide-at-the-publishing-industry-trade-shows-hope-and-opportunity-spring-eternal/ http://www.teleread.com/events/2013-meeting-guide-at-the-publishing-industry-trade-shows-hope-and-opportunity-spring-eternal/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:54:39 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=77202 By Eugene G. Schwartz Where is the book industry going; what will my workplace and career opportunities be like; what do I need to know to keep up with the times? Or, in a more cosmic vein, what does the future hold? In an effort to answer these questions, publishers have settled each year into [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/events/teleread-goes-to-vegas/feed/ 0 What the Future May Bring For Book Fairs In An Increasingly E-Book Dominated Market http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/what-the-future-may-bring-for-book-fairs-in-an-increasingly-e-book-dominated-market/ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/what-the-future-may-bring-for-book-fairs-in-an-increasingly-e-book-dominated-market/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:40:27 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=76374 By Paul Russo  The unexpected arrival and popularity of e-books within the past decade has caused many people to estimate that book fairs would become a thing of the past. However, e-books have not rendered book fairs entirely useless, nor have they completely eliminated the use of these unique meetings due to the continued use [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/what-the-future-may-bring-for-book-fairs-in-an-increasingly-e-book-dominated-market/feed/ 0 The future of publishing is now, and it’s being shaped by mobile and social http://www.teleread.com/events/the-future-of-publishing-is-now-and-its-being-shaped-by-mobile-and-social/ http://www.teleread.com/events/the-future-of-publishing-is-now-and-its-being-shaped-by-mobile-and-social/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:45:05 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=75599 By Brian Howard “I won’t be talking much about the future, and I won’t use the word ‘publishing’ very often.” A funny way to begin a talk called “A Futuristic View of the Publishing Industry,” but Publishing Technology COO Randy Petway’s take on the topic at yesterday’s Publishing Technology Executive Exchange at the wine cellar of Del Frisco’s on [...]

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