Status Update: Social Networking & New Media (2009): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

by Otis Chandler, Andrew Nystrom (Narrator), Wil Wheaton

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year. Andrew Nystrom, on Twitter at @latimesnystrom, is the Times' senior producer for social and emerging media. His "Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks" hiking guide won a National Outdoor Book Award for Best Adventure Guidebook.

Otis Chandler is the founder of goodreads.com. He is a software engineer at heart and loves tinkering on his website to make it the best product possible. He graduated from Stanford University. Along with a passion for building websites, he's also a voracious reader.

Wil Wheaton's acting career began with roles in Stand By Me and Star The Next Generation. He is also an author, blogger, voice actor, and social commentator. With more than 300,000 rollovers on Twitter, Wheaton is one of the best-known users of social media. His latest book is Sunken Treasure.

Sara Wolf is co-editor of Itch, an evolving art project/artist forum/journal/zine. She is also a doctoral candidate and teaching fellow in UCLA's department of World Arts and Cultures and a freelance dance critic for the Los Angeles Times.

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Published August 24, 2009

About the author

Otis Chandler was the publisher of the Los Angeles Times between 1960 and 1980, leading a large expansion of the newspaper and its ambitions. He was the fourth and final member of the Chandler family to hold the paper's top position.

(from Wikipedia)