Episode 34: Laura Brady on Accessibility
Laura Brady is an inclusive publishing expert whose priority is always to put users first. She has more than 25 years of publishing experience...
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Episode 33: Michele Cobb on Publishing Associations and Awards Programs
Michele Cobb is the Executive Director of Audio Publishers Association and PubWest, publisher of AudioFile Magazine and MMB media, and a partner at...
Episode 32: Thad McIlroy on Publishing Startups
Thad McIlroy, an electronic publishing analyst and author who writes about publishing technology at his site, The Future of Publishing, joins me to...
Episode 31: David Marlin on Royalty Management and Company Security
In this final episode of 2022, we are joined by David Marlin, President of MetaComet Systems. David has been working in the publishing industry for...
Episode 30: Emma Watson on Subscription Ebook Sales Models
Ebook piracy is a constant struggle for some publishers, especially when their books are used in academic settings. In many cases, this can be due to...
Episode 29: Angela Bole on Independent Publishing
This episode features a conversation with Angela Bole, the current CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association, about the role of independent...
Episode 28: Charles Watkinson on Open Access
In this episode, Charles Watkinson, the Director of University of Michigan Press and the Associate University Librarian for Publishing at University...
Episode 27: Kevin Franco on Book Marketing Strategies
Kevin Franco is a Product Manager at Firebrand Technologies with a background in digital marketing, entrepreneurship, and direct-to-consumer ebook...
Episode 26: Pete Larson on the Current Supply Chain Situation
In this episode we are joined by Pete Larson, the President and CEO of Bethany Press (https://www.bethanypress.com/), a printer based in Bloomington,...
Episode 25: BISG – Future Proofing Your Workflow
This episode features a recording of a panel discussion I led with Mary McAveney, Chief Marketing Officer at Open Road Integrated Media, at the BISG...
Episode 24: Cory Verner on the Growth of Audiobooks
Cory Verner is the CEO of ONE Audiobooks, a publisher of audiobooks and a turnkey audio services provider. Cory has been working in the audiobooks...
Episode 23: Mark Herschberg How Books Might Escape the Page
In this episode we are joined by Mark Herschberg, publisher at Cognosco Media, author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One...
Episode 22: George Slowik, Jr. on the 150th Anniversary of Publishers Weekly
This week’s guest is George Slowik, Jr., the Chairman and Owner of PWxyz LLC, the parent company of Publishers Weekly, who joins us to discuss the...
Episode 21: Thad McIlroy on Metadata Quality, the Backlist, and more
In this episode I am joined by Thad McIlroy, an electronic publishing analyst and author based in San Francisco. Thad writes in-depth articles on...
Episode 20: Todd Sattersten on The Magic Number
In the first episode of 2022, Todd Sattersten, Publisher at Bard Press, discusses his research on The Magic Number: the number of units a title has...
Episode 19: Scott Miller on Publishing at FranklinCovey
In our last episode for 2021, we are joined by Scott Miller, Former CMO and EVP of Business Development at the FranklinCovey Company, and now their...