Latest Books

Dan is Series Editor for a series of Streaming Media related books for Focal Press entitled “The Dan Rayburn Hands On Guide” Series, with eight titles available in print. He is also co-author of the first business focused book on the industry, “The Business of Streaming & Digital Media” and authored a book in the NAB Executive Technology Briefings series entitled “Streaming and Digital Media.”

Streaming & Digital Media: Understanding the
Business & Technology ( 2007 )

As part of the NAB Executive Technology Briefing series, the book is geared towards the manager or executive and no technical prerequisite is required. You can quickly learn the technical speak as well as the market and business implications. Discover how new video distribution channels & devices are affecting your content business.  BUY NOW

Hands-On Guide to Creating Flash Advertising ( 2007 )

Create awe-inspiring, mind-blowing Flash ads and microsites that engage consumers and demonstrate their worth to clients. The Hands-On Guide to Creating Flash Advertising delivers the nuts and bolts of the development process from initial design conception to ad completion.  BUY NOW

Hands-On Guide to Flash Video ( 2007 )

This book covers Flash Video production from soup to nuts, beginning with how to configure your camcorder and ending to advanced server techniques like bandwidth detection and FMS logging and reporting. Real word lessons from case studies of successful Flash Video deployments are also included.  BUY NOW

Hands-On Guide to Video Blogging and Podcasting ( 2006 )

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

Hands-On Guide to Streaming Media ( 2006 )

This book describes the steps for creating on-demand and live streaming video in an all-in-one reference guide for new users and companies that need introduced to the technology. Strengths and limits of streaming media, including best uses for the technology and choices of streaming media content creation tools are all covered in this book.  BUY NOW

Hands-On Guide to Webcasting ( 2005 )

Provides an end-to-end technical overview of the webcasting process giving you step-by-step instructions from audio/video production, encoding and authoring to delivery and business issues, this guide provides both the depth and breadth necessary for mastery of the subject.  BUY NOW

Hands-On Guide to Windows Media ( 2005 )

This book enables you to get up and running quickly and focuses on one of the most popular tools in the streaming media universe, Windows Media. This book will help you to understand the unique characteristics and demands of streaming audio and video information over packet-switched networks. Ideal even for non-technical readers.  BUY NOW

The Business of Streaming and Digital Media ( 2005 )

This book gives you a concise and direct analysis of how to implement a scalable, profitable venture, as well as the common and hidden pitfalls to avoid. By focusing on both the business implications and technical differences between streaming and traditional broadcast distribution, you will learn how to gain significant time-to-market and cost-saving advantages by effectively using streaming and digital media technologies.  BUY NOW