7x20x21: BEA’s Publishing Pecha Kucha

In What's the Buzz by Erin L. Cox

By Erin L. Cox Yesterday, the second annual “7x20x21” panel was hosted by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Online Marketing Manager Ryan Chapman and Ami (with an i) Greko, of Get Glue and The New Sleekness. The panel was a presentation in the Japanese Pecha Kucha style, giving each presenter a seven minute window to speak, while showing a backdrop of …

What Types of Books are Better Served by Authors Collaborating?

In Discussion by Edward Nawotka

By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead article author Clay Shirky notes that intense collaboration is changing the very definition of the word author. “So a bunch of stuff that used to be done by individuals is now being done by groups, when groups can do it better,” he says. What types of books are better served by authors collaborating, than …