Publishing Podcasts
Pathways Through Publishing
Podcast Episode: 60
A Seminar at the SYP Conference - November 2013
Lisa Edwards, Carlton Publishing Group and Chris McVeigh, 4Fifty1 Consulting
You can be guaranteed that a life in publishing will bring with it some rather exciting and interesting stories. In this seminar, two publishers (one turned publishing consultant) will share their own stories of how they got their breaks in the industry, the different paths they’ve followed and the exotic locations they have stopped-in along the way. Including Hollywood!
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Duration: 00:51:19
Posted on 14 Feb 2014 around 6pm
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Managing Change In Publishing
Podcast Episode: 59
A Seminar at the SYP Conference - November 2013
Rebecca Smart, Osprey and Samantha Missingham, HarperCollins
Change is inevitable. And for Osprey, change was embraced to ensure future success. Listen to Osprey’s CEO, Rebecca Smart, weave an engaging and honest story of how the company’s growth was as much a process of discovery as it was a strategic decision that would ensure its survival, and demonstrate that managing yourself for and through change can help lead others through the same process. Samantha Missingham will then share her ideas on how the ‘cream doesn’t always rise to the top’; how people (young pub-lishers specifically) need to get their hustle on - using social media. Samantha will then present some tips for creating and getting your dream job, building credibility, and getting exposure.
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Duration: 01:03:14
Posted on 14 Feb 2014 around 6pm
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Gamification of Publishing at the London Book Fair
Podcast Episode: 58
One of the OICPS hosted seminars at the London Book Fair
Angus Phillips (Chair), Nathan Hull, Simon Meek and Becky Degler
With the growth in the use of tablets to consume media, including books, what is happening to the boundaries between books and games? There are now books of games, and games of books – what, for example, do we call an interactive children’s product, and does it matter? An expert panel from publishing and the games industry examines a range of topics including our continuing need for exciting stories on which games can be developed, and how publishers are looking to develop a digital strategy across media platforms.
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Duration: 01:04:07
Posted on 22 Apr 2013 around 9am
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Key Skills in Publishing - Richard Charkin
Podcast Episode: 57
A Talk during the 'Working in Publishing' Day for 2013
Richard Charkin is the Executive Director of Bloomsbury Publishing and gave this talk as the final session for the Working in Publishing event in the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies.
The talk is introduced by Angus Phillips, head of the OICPS and was attended by students, lecturers and guests.
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Duration: 00:36:21
Posted on 21 Mar 2013 around 5pm
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The Publishing Process at Wiley
Podcast Episode: 56
Sarah Hall is Commissioning Editor at John Wiley and Sons
Not every idea for a book will be developed into a manuscript. Sarah explained that all new proposals must be reviewed internally and externally and a strong business case put forward before a contract is signed and the content written. This means that she has to keep a regular stream of new ideas flowing into the process.
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Duration: 00:45:39
Posted on 15 Feb 2013 around 12pm
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Digital publishing at Pearson Education - Liz Marchant
Podcast Episode: 55
Dr Liz Marchant
Dr Liz Marchant is Head of Publishing: Science and ICT (Pearson Education), and her talk focusses on Digital Publishing
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Duration: 00:33:47
Posted on 01 Feb 2013 around 11am
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Shaping a Discipline: the Experience of Book History
Podcast Episode: 54
Professor Simon Eliot (University of London)
This talk was given as part of the conference:
Progressing Book History and Publishing Studies as Disciplines
a British Academy Funded Event on Wednesday October 24th 2012
The purpose of this event was to discuss and agree a set of objectives that will enable us to further the progression of Publishing Studies as an established field of research and teaching.
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Posted on 12 Dec 2012 around 4pm
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What’s in a Name?
Podcast Episode: 53
Publishers, Product Managers and Digital Collections
Matt Kibble
How should the role of a Digital Publisher/Product Manager be defined and what does this involve? Matt Kibble's talk will cover a number of different roles (technical, business, editorial, marketing) and address the fact that the job is defined in different ways at every company. Matt will illustrate these points with a range of products from the major online publishers and explain what is involved in bringing these products to market. This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to hear about structure and responsibilities of digital roles from someone working in a publishing company that is clearly integrating digital at the heart of its corporate development strategy.
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Posted on 30 Nov 2012 around 11am
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Royal story
Podcast Episode: 52
BBC Radio Oxford Interviews a Publishing Lecturer
Leander Reeves, Senior Lecturer in Publishing, was interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford on Friday 14 September 2012 about the publication in France of the topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge. The magazine Closer was the subject of legal action regarding the pictures of Kate Middleton.
Thank you very much to BBC Radio Oxford for allowing us to use the recording of this interview.
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Posted on 20 Sep 2012 around 12pm
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Jane Potter and Angus Phillips interviewed on BBC
Podcast Episode: 51
World Book Day, 1 March 2012
For World Book Day, 1 March 2012, the lunchtime show on BBC Radio Oxford looked at key developments in the story of the book. These included the development of printing, the paperback revolution of the 1930s, and the present growth in the popularity of ebooks. Both Jane Potter and Angus Phillips from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies were interviewed for the programme by Jo Thoenes.
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Duration: 00:14.46
Posted on 15 Mar 2012 around 1pm
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Kay Peddle - The book is dead, long live the book
Podcast Episode: 50
Publishing, writing and reading in the digital era.
(Editor at The Bodley Head, a non-fiction imprint at The Random House Group)
Self-publishing, eBooks, Amazon, piracy - the threats to trade publishing are numerous but the opportunities are too. Publishers need to be creative and agile in order to adapt to the rapidly changing retail and consumer environments we currently face. Thinking about content creatively and taking risks on new formats and retail channels is vital. Kay will talk briefly about what Random House is doing in this area and will also touch on how other trade publishers are evolving from the traditional book publishing model into the multi-platform 'content' model.
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Duration: 00:32:01
Posted on 15 Mar 2012 around 12pm
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Chris Book, CEO Bardowl
Podcast Episode: 49
New Model Audiobooks or Lessons learned in starting a digital publishing business
Chris is a technologist first and foremost. Chris studied on the Modular Course at Brookes between 1993 and 1996, his main subjects were Computing, Intelligent Systems and Bodrum Kebabs. The inspiration for Bardowl came from years of listening to audiobooks and podcasts, knowing they could be delivered better. Chris has only ever worked in mobile, starting his career at Orange in 1997 and has worked at the most exciting mobile companies since, pioneering the mobile internet and apps ecosystems. Chris cannot quite believe his luck that his two passions of Books and Mobile have intersected as industries and enabled him to start Bardowl. Chris also organises conferences and barcamps such as The Power of One, The Big M, openMIC and BathCamp. Chris lives in Bath, is married with 2 children, has a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon-Do and supports Tottenham Hotspur. Chris tweets far too much at @bookmeister.
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Duration: 00:38:26
Posted on 15 Mar 2012 around 10am
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Excel Is Not Enough
Podcast Episode: 48
Skills for the Modern Publisher
Emma Barnes, Snowbooks
The age of the manager is coming to a close. Doing, not directing, is the secret to making a difference in organisations - particularly those in a mature industry coming under increasing fire from newcomers and disruptive technologies. You, personally, need to be able to not only use but invent leading-edge technological solutions. Emma Barnes, co-founder and MD of innovative indie publisher Snowbooks, will share some real-world examples of the sorts of problems facing the modern publisher, and how technological competence can overcome them.
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Duration: 00:44:20
Posted on 02 Mar 2012 around 12pm
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Print on-demand and ebook digital workflows
Podcast Episode: 47
Suzanne Wilson-Higgins
Publishing On-demand: just in time , not just in case
- Print on-Demand
- eBooks
- Print on-Demand and eBooks: Publishing On-Demand
One workflow, multiple outputs
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Duration: 01:01:10
Posted on 02 Mar 2012 around 11am
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Non-Profit Publishing at Oxfam
Podcast Episode: 46
Robert Cornford (Communications Manager)
How Non-Profit Publishing works at Oxfam.
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Duration: 01:13:38
Posted on 24 Feb 2012 around 2pm
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Digital publishing at Pearson Education - Liz Marchant
Podcast Episode: 45
Liz Marchant linforms us about some of the digital projects she has been involved in at Pearson Education. The talk will focuses primarily on digital delivery of science and ICT related products for secondary schools.
Dr Liz Marchant is Head of Publishing: Science and ICT (Pearson)
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Duration: 00:50:06
Posted on 09 Feb 2012 around 12pm
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