Comments on: John Wilbanks: It’s the Customer, Not the Container — SSP IN Keynote

By: The SSP IN Conference — An INfernal Event! « The Scholarly Kitchen

The SSP IN Conference — An INfernal Event! « The Scholarly Kitchen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:26:24 +0000

[...] appears that the Society will be holding another SSP IN meeting next month, over my strenuous objections as a long-standing member of the Society. [...]

By: Short Stories and Comics: Niche Markets with Core Lessons for STM Publishers « The Scholarly Kitchen

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:35:16 +0000

[...] stories directly to a reader. But all that is changing. The rise of the e-book offers a new freedom from traditional containers. The music industry did teach us the lesson (much to their chagrin) — customers want to buy [...]

By: Money and Motivation: Will Content Survive the Age of Sharing and Collaboration? « The Scholarly Kitchen

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:30:11 +0000

[...] Wilbanks spoke about this at last year’s SSP IN meeting: When a layer gets commoditized, value is created through proprietary services in adjacent [...]

By: The Indispensable Man of Open Science: A Talk with Cameron Neylon « Significant Science

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:49:19 +0000

[...] Did you, for example, discuss with them their Article of the Future project and do you agree with John Wilbanks that there is very little that is transformative at all in the project? [...]

By: Why Hasn’t Scientific Publishing Been Disrupted Already? « The Scholarly Kitchen

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:46:55 +0000

[...] in the digital pages of the Scholarly Kitchen, for example, we covered John Wilbanks’ presentation at SSP IN and Michael Nielsen’s talk at the 2009 STM Conference. They were both thoughtful [...]

By: Some Memorable Dishes from the Kitchen in 2009 « The Scholarly Kitchen

Some Memorable Dishes from the Kitchen in 2009 « The Scholarly Kitchen — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:16:50 +0000

[...] John Wilbanks: It’s the Customer, Not the Container — SSP Keynote [...]

By: Self-Publishing Review — Blog — Why Do Fiction Publishers Get So Uptight About Self-Publishing?

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:22:06 +0000

[...] As Clayton Christensen said, “When a layer gets commoditized, value is created through proprietary services in adjacent layers.” In Harlequin’s case, the traditional model is struggling (it’s a layer being commoditized), so they are looking for value in adjacent initiatives – self-publishing, e-publishing, and editorial and marketing services. [...]

By: Why Do Fiction Publishers Get So Uptight About Self-Publishing? | Self-Publishing Review

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:00:11 +0000

By: An Inflection Point for American Public Libraries | In the Library with the Lead Pipe

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:03:14 +0000

[...] concise writing, and decorum—qualities that are sorely lacking in social media today. (Recent coverage and commentary on John Wilbank’s keynote at the Society of Scholarly Publishers conference is a fine example [...]

By: New Pencils, New Crayons, Old Humans « The Scholarly Kitchen

New Pencils, New Crayons, Old Humans « The Scholarly Kitchen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:45:53 +0000

[...] The discussion of containers by John Wilbanks and others at last week’s SSP IN meeting springs to mind. We need containers, as Scott Karp says, but Wilbanks is right — the containers are changing, and traditional containers are showing their age. Most interestingly, the convergence of computing functions with telephone functions and lifestyles is erasing the idea of containers. The best modern devices support it all. [...]