http://blog.littap.org Official Blog of LitTAP, The New York State Literary Presenters Program Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:22:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are comments by a LitTAP participant: "As the day progressed I noticed the trend more and more toward collaborative writing & discussion of writing.  The idea which disturbed me was others PARTICIPATING in the creation of a piece of writing.  Several times during the day the discussion ... http://blog.littap.org/?p=123 Bob Stein, Institute for the Future of the Book Talking to publishers -- in order to keep doing what you're doing, you have to make only incremental changes. Don't have to do what he recommends -- for the future. Printing press -- 1454. Took 50 years to put page numbers on books. ... http://blog.littap.org/?p=118 I have a question for Mary Gannon, Editorial Director for Poets & Writers -- who happens to be sitting next to me. Mary: How do you decide how much of your print articles to put on online?I noticed your online article on MFA Program Rankings contained much, but not all, ... http://blog.littap.org/?p=98 One Story -- successful org uses tech to further mission. Only do tech that has a chance of revenue. Developed online Submission Manager -- 100 mags use. Also developed online subscriber DB. Websites help publishers look more professional. Publishing Genius -- artifact is still important. Is Reads, Chapbook Genius, Everyday Genius. ... http://blog.littap.org/?p=95 Steven J. Tepper, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University YouTube video -- 58 million people have seen Paul Potts on "Britian's Got Talent." Root for pro-am -- professional amateur. Vs. artists performing flawlessly for audience -- our model. Shows that arts are not "dead." All in arts ... http://blog.littap.org/?p=86 Academy of American Poets: online since 1993, before Amazon and Yahoo, etc. 1997: launched www.poets.org w/ programming: poet biographies, games. Now: over 1 million visitors a month. One year -- had Almanac, with new content every day, which set up current structure. Coding, structure easier, more automated. Open Letter, 3 Percent. ... http://blog.littap.org/?p=79 The money Seven Stories Press is making from Kindle is increasing every month! Also: this year, Seven Stories has changed from a static website to a blog format, which allows them to "talk to our readership." Seven Stories: important for publishers to be content providers online -- start conversations about ... http://blog.littap.org/?p=63 The concept for today's convening is to have literary organizations present their technology plan -- how they've come to the place they are, what issues they have faced and continued to face, and how their organization's mission is represented by their choices regarding these technology plans. Each panel pairs a ... http://blog.littap.org/?p=61 All together at Poets House -- Kathleen is reading the wonderful bit from The New Yorker. Which is seriously funny! More soon . . . http://blog.littap.org/?p=58 Here's the Q&A response from Billy Merrell, Web Developer for the Academy of American Poets. ***** 1. How has your literary org changed over the past 5-10 years due to technology changes? As the internet has become an increasingly valid and now necessary means of serving our various audiences, the Academy of American ... http://blog.littap.org/?p=56