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The Radical Patron – extreme thoughts on public libraries – — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:50:08 +0000

[...] post from the Scholarly Kitchen, Joe Esposito urges publishers away from retrenchment in “Publishing in the Google Ecosystem“. Google is now the defining entity in the information landscape. To flourish, as best as [...]

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Some Memorable Dishes from the Kitchen in 2009 « The Scholarly Kitchen — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:16:40 +0000

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By: David Crotty

David Crotty — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:25:45 +0000

An excellent overview of how Google's "less than free" business model is brutally disruptive to other businesses can be found here:

“if a disruptive competitor can offer a product or service similar to yours for ‘free,’ and if they can make enough money to keep the lights on, then you likely have a problem.”

By: David Crotty

David Crotty — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:08:20 +0000

That’s a great metaphor, and perhaps a better one than the commonly used “Borg” Star Trek reference. I like it because the Borg were generally seen as evil, whereas the Shmoon, like Google are in some ways neutral.

On a side note, it’s interesting to see Google wresting the Borg nickname away from Microsoft these days, and it certainly says something about their places in the technology world.

By: Julieta Lionetti

Julieta Lionetti — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:11:13 +0000

David, I see Google like the Schmoon created by Al Cap in post-war America. They reproduce asexually, they are terribly gentle, they taste like oysters and are eager that you eat them. They are, though, terrible dangereous for established values and for chains of added value. But they are over here; we adventured ourselves, like Li’l Abner, in the Valley of Schmoon and we are eating them voraciously.
The Google Schmoon are not good nor evil, they are different and, although they seem so generous and oblivious of their own good, they are pitiless about the changes they are introducing in our lives and economies. Pitiless and relentless. As they tell us in the 7th commandment of their decalog, they prey on our gusto for immediate satisfaction. Amazon has nothing to do in a world of schoon.

By: Peter Ginna

Peter Ginna — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:48 +0000

Comment at http://www.doctorsyntax.net/2009/11/google-and-future-of-publishing.html

By: David Crotty

David Crotty — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:02:46 +0000

O'Reilly weighs in here.

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Pour les éditeurs, c’est avec G. ou c’est fini? « pintiniblog — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:23:49 +0000

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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:14:21 +0000

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The Daily Square – Unchain My Heart Edition | Booksquare — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:30:26 +0000

[...] Publishing in the Google EcosystemVery interesting post by Joe Esposito on living and publishing in the current world. [...]