The Pub Call #16 — The Handy in Frankfurt Episode

August 20th, 2009

pubcall_logoThis week The Pub Call crew welcomes Kirk Biglione from MediaLoper.com and Andrew Savikas from O’Reilly Media.

Our three topics are:

  1. The Sony surge
  2. Tools of Change Conference at the Frankfurt Bookfair.
  3. The book app economy

Download the mp3 of The Pub Call Episode #16 or download the enhanced iTunes version (m4a).

Read the rest of this entry »

The Pub Call #15 — The Mavericky Episode

August 3rd, 2009

pubcall15_logoOur three topics for the week ending July 28, 2009 were the Romance Writers of America conference, Amazon, and Richard Nash’s blueprint for a new type of publisher.

What we talked about in The Pub Call Episode #15:

Download the mp3 of The Pub Call Episode #15 or download the enhanced iTunes version (m4a). Read the rest of this entry »

The Pub Call #14 — Romance Book Geekery

July 16th, 2009

pubcall14_logoOn the call this week we talk about The Romance Writers Annual conference, ebook scheduling, and the open publishing distribution system. Special guest this week is Liza Daly from ThreePress.org. She is the creator of ePubZenGarden and the Bookworm ebook reader. The following are links to content discussed:

The music featured on the show is by the Jive Ass Sleepers. The track is called Private Eye.  You can listen to the entire album at Magnatune.

FollowUp: Dominique Raccah from SourceBooks wrote a post on ebook scheduling at Booksquare.com. Check it out.

Download the mp3 of The Pub Call Episode #14 or download the enhanced iTunes version (m4a). Read the rest of this entry »

The Pub Call #13 — Getting Over the Hump

July 8th, 2009

The show notes for episode #13 of The Pub Call podcast were originally posted at INDEXmb.com. They have been reposted below:

Download the mp3 of The Pub Call Episode #13 or download the enhanced iTunes version (m4a). Read the rest of this entry »