Latest Book design Podcast Episodes
Why Do We Love the Smell of Old Books?
The Goldberry Books Podcast - January 17, 2019 22:23 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsIn this episode of Libromania, David chats with Cecilica Bembibre, a researcher at University College London, about the science behind the smell of old books: why people love it, why it matters, and what it means for the preservation of culture. Cecilia Bembibre is a doctoral candidate at the ...
Why Do We Love the Smell of Old Books?
The Goldberry Books Podcast - January 17, 2019 22:23 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsIn this episode of Libromania, David chats with Cecilica Bembibre, a researcher at University College London, about the science behind the smell of old books: why people love it, why it matters, and what it means for the preservation of culture. Cecilia Bembibre is a doctoral candidate at the ...
Why the hybrid model makes sense for authors and publishers, with guest Brooke Warner
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - January 17, 2019 08:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsWhy the hybrid model makes sense for authors and publishers, with guest Brooke Warner Brooke Warner, publisher of She Writes Press and SparkPress, talks about independent publishing and how the hybrid model is helping authors thrive by creating opportunity and diversifying the marketplace. Hig...
S.D. Smith, Jonathan Rogers, & Douglas McKelvey talk process and vocation
The Goldberry Books Podcast - January 10, 2019 03:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsWelcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biographers, designers, collectors, critics and other people who help make book's so worthy of our attention. Here in chapter 4, David chats with ...
Why "To Kill a Mockingbird" is America's most popular novel
The Goldberry Books Podcast - January 04, 2019 15:25 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsWelcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biographers, designers, collectors, critics and other people who help make book's so worthy of our attention. Here in chapter 3, we contemplate th...
Extending your content via e-learning, with guest Deltina Hay
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - January 03, 2019 20:03 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDeltina Hay from Elearning Delta, and past Board Chair of IBPA, talks about the benefits and methods of extending your book’s content and repurposing it onto elearning platforms. This podcast is for anyone with instructional materials of any kind: crafts, marketing, cooking, sales—just about an...
The Year in Movies, with Jeffrey Overstreet
The Goldberry Books Podcast - December 29, 2018 04:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsWelcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biographers, designers, collectors, critics and other people who help make book's so worthy of our attention. Here in chapter 2, David goes off-bo...
The Year in Movies, with Jeffrey Overstreet
The Goldberry Books Podcast - December 29, 2018 04:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsWelcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biographers, designers, collectors, critics and other people who help make book's so worthy of our attention. Here in chapter 2, David goes off-bo...
John Wilson on his favorite books of 2018
The Goldberry Books Podcast - December 16, 2018 04:14 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsWelcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biographers, designers, collectors, critics and other people who help make book's so worthy of our attention. Here in chapter 1, David chats with ...
John Wilson on his favorite books of 2018
The Goldberry Books Podcast - December 16, 2018 04:14 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsWelcome to Libromania, a new podcast for the book-obsessed from the Close Reads Podcast Network. Each week David Kern will be chatting with authors, biographers, designers, collectors, critics and other people who help make book's so worthy of our attention. Here in chapter 1, David chats with ...
Working with independent booksellers, with guests from Books Inc., Berkeley
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - December 13, 2018 08:01 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsProfessional booksellers talk about consignment, events, terms and other aspects of working with independent publishers. A store manager, restock buyer, and event coordinator at Books Inc., a leading independent bookseller in Berkeley, California, discuss ways they evaluate books from independe...
The nuts and bolts of liability insurance for your company, with guest Mike Mansel
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - November 29, 2018 08:01 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsMike Mansel is a Certified Insurance Counselor, and here he shares his decades of experience working with publishers large and small on sorting out their insurance needs. Highlights of this podcast include: types of liability insurance the role of Intellectual Property attorneys in defending ...
Ebooks: promises and pitfalls, with guest Laura Brady
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - October 18, 2018 07:01 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsEbook production expert Laura Brady suggests ways you need to think about ebook design and creation to produce reliable and good-looking results This podcast is for anyone who is thinking of creating ebooks or hiring an ebook designer, or who has seen the ads for “ebooks made easy!” and is thin...
A literary agent’s perspective on book publishing, with guest Andy Ross
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - October 04, 2018 07:01 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAndy Ross of the Andy Ross Agency discusses how agents evaluate manuscripts and how agents operate in today’s book publishing climate. Andy Ross has been active in the publishing world for 40 years, first as a bookseller and now as an agent. In this podcast conversation, he shares his thoughts ...
Printing in Asia, Pros and Cons, with guest George Dick
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - September 20, 2018 07:01 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsGeorge Dick, president of Four-Colour Print Group, talks about all the reasons you might want to print your next book in Asia, especially if it’s in color or for kids Many publishers of full-color books—coffee-table books, art books, cookbooks, children’s books – choose to print in Asia because...
Book Design, Covers, and Interiors, with guest Tami Dever
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - September 06, 2018 07:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTami Dever, co-owner and founder of TLC Book Design, discusses key elements of book design that signal professionalism, readability, excellence, and permanence What are the elements a book designer needs to consider when designing an interior? A cover? Tami Dever discusses how she works with cl...
Secrets of the Independent Publisher, with guest Cynthia Frank
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - August 23, 2018 07:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsCynthia Frank, publisher of Cypress House, shares some of the hard-won insights from more than 30 years as an independent publisher Listening to this wide-ranging interview you get a sense of what issues come up and what life is like as an independent publisher in a small town on the northern c...
Accounting for the Independent Publisher, with guest Lisa London
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - August 09, 2018 19:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsLisa London, CPA, author, and publisher, discusses many of the specialized points of accounting that every publisher needs to know This podcast looks at many of the things publishers need to know when setting up and using accounting packages to manage revenue, expenses, and taxes. Among the sub...
Publishing with Happiness, Ambition, and Passion, with guest Daniel Lerner
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - July 26, 2018 07:01 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsDaniel Lerner, inspirational speaker and teacher at NYU, discusses how publishers can invigorate their work with passion and find happiness by serving themselves in a way that serves others Following his enthusiastically received keynote at IBPA’s Publishing University 2018, Daniel agreed to th...
Branding Your Book as a First step to Success, with guest Judy Baker
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - July 12, 2018 07:01 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsJudy Baker of Book Marketing Mentor discusses how branding your book can help you grow your readership and establish yourself as an expert in your field This podcast looks at branding your book and the benefits it brings. Books, especially nonfiction, are where experts can showcase their expert...
Book Printers Grapple with the Future, with guest Jonnie Bryant
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - June 28, 2018 07:01 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsJonnie A Bryant, Executive Director of Sales/Marketing at book printer McNaughton & Gunn, talks paper, cost, and schedules, and offers her take on challenges facing the industry If you are wondering what’s happening in the world of book manufacturing, and how that might impact your ability to p...
Advocating Quality, Hybrids, and a Level Playing Field, with guest Elizabeth Turnbull
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - June 14, 2018 07:01 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBoard Member Elizabeth Turnbull discusses quality standards, hybrid publishing, diversity, and other target areas for IBPA's Advocacy Committee Subjects covered include: how to achieve a level playing field for indie books the IBPA publishing standards checklist the IBPA hybrid publishing ch...
Publishers Weekly and the Independent Publisher, with guest Jim Milliot
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - May 31, 2018 07:01 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsEditorial Director Jim Milliot talks about how leading trade magazine Publishers Weekly views book publishing today and the rise of the indie publisher. In a wide-ranging interview, Jim Milliot looks at how book publishing has changed in the last decade and how Publishers Weekly has adopted st...
Reflections of the IBPA Board Chair, with guest Robby Price
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - May 17, 2018 07:01 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsRobby Price, in his last term as IBPA board chair, talks about the association, how it has changed, and how it is helping transform and strengthen indie publishing today. Robby explains how he got his start in publishing, evolving from a 1-page printout to a full traditional printer and then, m...
Publishing with IngramSpark, with guest Robin Cutler
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - May 03, 2018 07:01 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsRobin Cutler, Director of IngramSpark, discusses ways that publishers can use print-on-demand technology to launch their business and achieve distribution quickly. Topics include: how IngramSpark can help the small publisher manufacture and sell using IngramSpark and CreateSpace printing int...
IBPA and the Publishing Condition, with guest Angela Bole
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - April 02, 2018 06:59 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAngela Bole, CEO of the Independent Book Publishers Association, gives an overview of IBPA and how its mission can help publishers become more successful in an ever-changing publishing landscape. Topics covered include: what is IBPA? who is IBPA for? how is publishing changing in America, an...
A Publisher’s Guide to InDesign, with guest Anne-Marie Concepción
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - April 02, 2018 05:59 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAnne-Marie Concepción of Seneca Design & Training presents the case for using InDesign as a p-book and e-book creation tool. Topics covered include: can Microsoft Word be used for book publishing? (the short answer: please don’t.) the importance of styles in InDesign learning InDesign using...
Book Distribution Basics, with guest Tom Doherty
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - April 02, 2018 04:59 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsTom Doherty of Cardinal Publishers Group presents need-to-know pointers for independent publishers seeking distribution for their books. He covers: the different types of distributor typical working arrangements, including exclusivity, house accounts, chargebacks, and services what you need ...
Amazon Marketing Services for the Independent Publisher, with guest Ian Lamont
Inside Independent Publishing (with IBPA) - April 01, 2018 19:45 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIan Lamont of i30 Media discusses strategies for using Amazon Marketing Services to make your book pop to the top in Amazon searches. Covered here are key concepts like bidding and budgeting, and a real-world assessment of what works and what doesn't when working with Amazon (or with Facebook a...
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