Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting: Emerging Media Tools for Business Communication (Hands-On Guide Series) [Paperback]

Lionel Felix (Author), Damien Stolarz (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0240808312 | ISBN-13: 978-0240808314 | Publication Date: May 8, 2006 | Edition: 1

For all of your video and audio blogging business and professional communication needs, this book is it!

The Hands-on Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting provides tremendous value to those content publishers, big and small, that want to create syndicated video blog and podcast content. The simplified, plain talking break-down the authors bring to the book will give everyone the tools to plan, create, and execute a blog/podcast outlet.

This book explains these emerging media tools from a professional perspective. Quickly learn the technical aspects of video blogging and podcasting along with their business and financial ramifications.

*Step-by-step instructions to quickly launch a Podcast or video blog
*The basics of multimedia use in blogging and the most relevant text-blog technologies
*Podcast and video blog technology uses in business/corporate, education, customer communication, and entertainment contexts
*Concise, understandable breakdowns of all relevant videoblogging and Podcasting buzzwords, acronyms, and related multimedia technologies
*Coverage of tools, production techniques, new technologies, multimedia blog basics, monetization, and licensing
*Case studies that analyze successful for-profit and not-for-profit podcasts and video blogs

Editorial Reviews

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"Clear directions for how to create blogs and podcasts are accompanied by a huge amount of helpful information about blogging, hosting sites, and the online world in general, including explanations of terms that can be confusing for the uninitiated." -Camcorder and Computer Video

"The authors are thorough, providing relevant references and resources for getting your video blog and/or podcast up and running quickly and efficiently. We were especially happy to see a chapter on licensing and copyright, two important aspects of blogging and podcasting that most of us need to learn about." -Camcorder and Computer Video

About the Author

Lionel Felix has spent the better part of the last 12 years working in video post-production and live TV production and enterprise technology management. He has contributed to Gizmodo, CNET and Telematics Journal as well as serving as Editor in Chief for Car Hacks (http://www.carhacks.org), a blog covering the convergence of consumer electronics, navigation, wireless Internet and the common car. At Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment, Lionel served as Director of Technology where he oversaw the management of over 1400 Sony Pictures and Sony Corporation Internet properties including Sony.com and Sonypictures.com.

Damien Stolarz is an inventor, writer, and entrepreneur who has spent over half his life making different kinds of computers talk to each other. He is the Chief Technology Officer of StreetDeck (http://www.streetdeck.com), an in-car computing company that delivers digital media entertainment and information into the vehicle. Damien also worked for years developing P2P streaming technology for Robotarmy Corp. and Blue Falcon Networks (Now part of Akimbo.com). Damien has written several books on digital media convergence including Mastering Internet Video (2004) and Car PC Hacks (2005). Damien holds a B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering from UCLA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (May 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0240808312
• ISBN-13: 978-0240808314
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #934,945 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Guide to Podcasting I have read yet, July 18, 2006

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Daniel W. Gilbert "IT Consultant" (Hermosa Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting: Emerging Media Tools for Business Communication (Hands-On Guide Series) (Paperback)

I work for Loyola Marymount University. We recently decided to make all lectures available via Podcasts. I went searching for books on the subject in order to find a solution for the school. This book was by far the best book on the subject. It even gave us some ideas for video blogging that we hadn't previously considered. Without the precise and coherent coverage given to Podcasting in this book I doubt we would have a solution even half as good. Thanks to the authors for their great book. It has been invaluable.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The nitty gritty, July 17, 2006

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Zack Gainsforth (San Francisco, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting: Emerging Media Tools for Business Communication (Hands-On Guide Series) (Paperback)

This hands-on guide is great for nailing down the nitty gritty of podcasting. Sure, there's nothing to it; you can make a podcast in a night. But then, once it's launched, there are SO many things to consider and so many ways to expand it. This is what makes casting a blast!

His nitty gritty on bandwidth, pricing plans, and especially the case studies of existing vidcasts and podcasts helped me a lot with refining my New Civilization Podcast.

Good stuff!

Zack

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book I've been waiting for..., June 1, 2006

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Frederick V. Johnson "Photographer" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting: Emerging Media Tools for Business Communication (Hands-On Guide Series) (Paperback)

Being new to podcasting I'm have kind of a thirst for everything I can learn on the topic. I want to know history, technique, equipment, promotion, etc. I even wanted to know what all the hype about Adam Curry was. This book is a smart, intelligently written guide to the "podosphere" and "blogosphere". It's the perfect guide to help you get started, running, and maintain your podcast or videoblog.

This book was key in helping me launch my Global Mobile Online podcast. (Search "global mobile online" on iTunes).

Thanks guys, can't wait for revision 2!

Fred