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Laura Dawson talks shop on Cotolo Chronicles

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Laura Dawson has made several guest appearances on the well-known podcast Cotolo Chronicles, hosted by Frank Cotolo, veteran journalist, broadcaster, and author.

Most recently, Laura visited the show on August 17. Her discussion with Frank is summarized on the Cotolo website:
"The content industry has its so-called expert marketeers bouncing off of walls, completely confused on how to sensationalize user-generated web sites. The chaos continues as MySpace becomes bigger and YouTube spawns spinoffs. Meanwhile, paying for endorsements from bloggers is becoming one more way for product placement. Where do you as a member of the netorati fit into this cybercircus? Listen to Laura Dawson, Internet insider, discuss the mayhem."
 
If you missed the August 17th show you can listen via the archive at Podomatic.

Find the show live Thursday nights at 9 p.m. EST at any of the networks below:
Attitude Radio

Velcro Touch Radio Network-hi/fi

US Radio X

SRN One

KJAG Radio

Mondays-Fridays, replays
True Talk Radio

Weeknight early mornings, replays
Network 1KX

SRN One

Wednesdays, replay
 Wild Bunch Radio

Fridays, replay
The Wolf Radio
Rant Radio

Saturdays, replay
Flash Radio

(Schedule reprinted from the Cotolo Chronicles Blog, click the link for more information.)

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Posted by Laura Dawson, 8:32 am, Comments (0), permalink

BISG’s Annual Meeting of Members

Category: Bookselling, Industry Events, Publishing
From the Book Industry Study Group Website:

The Annual Meeting of Book Industry Study Group (BISG) members will be held on September 8 at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium in New York City, 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor. The agenda will be full, with six prominent Board members and committee Chairs presenting highlights from the past 12 months and goals for the coming year.

Meeting events will include the introduction of a new Chair of the BISG Board of Directors, a review of the fiscal year 2006 Annual Report, and presentations about initiatives by BISG’s ISBN-13 Task Force, Distribution Executives Interest Group, and Research Committee. 

A members-only lunch will be held after the meeting in the adjacent McGraw-Hill Gallery.

As most members know, fiscal year 2006 was a year of important change for the Book Industry Study Group. Over the past twelve months, the Board of Directors approved both an organization-wide Strategic Plan and a worldwide search for new leadership. During the Annual Meeting, speakers will report on the financial health and stability of the organization, which continues to maintain high membership levels and revenue growth while preserving a leading position in the development of standards, policies and research that enable effective communication throughout the industry supply chain.

The full meeting agenda can be found online here.

Highlights include:

-Call to order and opening remarks, Joseph Gonnella, outgoing Chair of the Book Industry Study Group Board of Directors and VP of Inventory Management & Vendor Relations for Barnes & Noble, Inc.
-Passing the gavel — Introduction of new BISG officers
-Election of BISG Board members
-Welcoming statement, Angela Bole, Marketing and Communications Manager, BISG
-FY2006 Annual Report
-Distribution Executives Interest Group report, Craig Bauer, BISG Distribution Executives Interest Group Chair and VP, Global Sourcing, Houghton Mifflin
-ISBN-13 Task Force report, Robert Bolick, BISG ISBN-13 Taskforce Chair and VP & Director of Global Business Planning, McGraw-Hill Companies
-Research Committee report, Kelly Gallagher, BISG Research Committee Chair and General Manager, Business Intelligence, R.R. Bowker
-BISAC report, Wendell Lotz, BISAC Chair and VP Product Database Development, Ingram Book Group
-Treasurer’s report and budget approval, Jan Nathan, BISG Treasurer and Executive Director, PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association 

Admission to the half-day event is free for BISG members but registration is required.

For more information, or to register, click here.
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Posted by Laura Dawson, 7:23 am, Comments (0), permalink

Florida slated to build library park

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Via the Library Journal comes news of a $200,000 state grant to build a $1.5 million Library Park on a 5.8-acre site adjacent to the Weston Branch Library in Broward County, Florida.

The library park will be "geared for reading and studying activities outdoors" according to City Manager John Flint, and will have "have benches, lighting, and walkways/exercise paths…a fountain will be built to look like an open stack of books."

Find more information on the future project here.

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Posted by Laura Dawson, 8:43 am, Comments (0), permalink

Harper Collins flexes some digital publishing muscle

Category: Bookselling, Digital Publishing, E-commerce, Publishing

Last year the Harper Collins publishing company began digitizing all of its titles, working its way through 10,000 thus far with plans to digitize a remaining 15,000 as well as any forthcoming titles.

Now, on the company website, visitors can read the first few pages of each chapter of 135 of the digitized books online – most by well-known authors.

The company is also working toward helping its authors implement the "Browse Inside" feature on their own websites.

Harper Collins has also released a new site feature, the “Digital Media Cafe" where readers can download podcasts and audio book samples for a price.

From a recent New York Times article:
"’The younger generations are consuming information in a different way,’ said Brian Murray, group president of HarperCollins. ‘They may not necessarily be going into bookshops. They are spending time on Google, MySpace, Facebook, author Web sites, Yahoo and MSN.’

Mr. Murray said the book industry had lagged the music and film businesses in providing customers with preview snippets. ‘Customers can sample music on the radio, and movie viewers can watch trailers in a way that reduces risk for the customer,’ he said. By offering readers more ways to browse books, he added, ‘we hope that will lead to a sale of more books.’"

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Posted by Laura Dawson, 7:45 am, Comments (0), permalink

Upcoming: InfoCommerce 2006 Conference

Category: Digital Publishing, E-commerce, Industry Events, Metadata, Publishing

The InfoCommerce 2006 conference, regarded as the "working conference for the thinking publisher" is scheduled to kick off October 10-12, 2006, in Philadelphia.

According to a recent for the event:
"Publishing insiders acknowledge that some of the most exciting and lucrative connections – among people, companies and ideas – are made at the conference. The theme this year is ‘Becoming One With Your Market.’"

Find a scheule for the event, as well as a list of session topics here.

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Posted by Laura Dawson, 7:57 am, Comments (0), permalink
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