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Archives for May 2009

Secret Publishers Cabal on GBS Settlement in Javits Basement (Not)

May 31, 2009
By Michael Cader

On Friday, at the invitation of the AAP and Google I moderated a panel discussion with John Sargent from Macmillan and Richard Sarnoff from Bertelsmann that had the modest and focused goal of illuminating for publishers some of the basics of the proposed settlement of the Google Book Search lawsuits. The session was strictly limited […]

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Crushed But Not Fermented: Online Web Guru Shares Tips for Booksellers

May 31, 2009
By Michael Cader

After hearing the big build-up for WineLibrary TV founder Gary Vaynerchuk I have to admit I found his Saturday BEA panel underwhelming–more beaujolais nouveau than aged vintage wine if you will. Vaynerchuk may be the first Web 2.0 motivational speaker, and as he let us know repeatedly, his simple but enthusiastic message is apparently in […]

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Four Veterans, Two New Ventures

May 31, 2009
By Michael Cader

In a voyage abundant in metaphors (and blessed with sunshine) publishing veterans John Oakes and Colin Robinson literally launched their new venture OR Books on a old fireboat from a pier eight blocks south of the Javits center on Sunday afternoon. The boat chugged leisurely around the south end of Manhattan, past the Statue of […]

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Don't Let That Fool You, It Really Is BEA

May 29, 2009
By Sarah Weinman

Apologies in advance for the slightly self-serving nature of this Day Two Dispatch from BEA. It did come to a close for me, after all, with the end of the joint interview I conducted with James Ellroy and Colin Harrison at the Uptown Stage. If you want to know how it went, better ask somebody […]

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ABA Annual Meeting

May 29, 2009
By Michael Cader

Outgoing ABA president Gayle Shanks of Changing Hands Bookstore convened this year’s annual meeting by saying “I probably don’t have to tell you that this has not been a easy year. It’s been a tough one for everyone in this association and we have done what we can to adjust.” And she underscored that both […]

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It Looks Like BEA

May 29, 2009
By Michael Cader

If you didn’t know that it was supposed to be a smaller show, with fewer attendees and fewer giveaways I think you wouldn’t notice any difference (except for the size of what’s left of the Random House booth). It’s always hard to know when to push out the e-mail during the show. The following stories […]

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