Another Missed Opportunity for Bookstores — Hardware Lessons from the E-Reader Space
Traditional bookstores are missing a huge e-reader opportunity, proving that, sadly, they are not the customer-focused retailers they once were.
Traditional bookstores are missing a huge e-reader opportunity, proving that, sadly, they are not the customer-focused retailers they once were.
CrossRef announces a new system in conjunction with New York’s Fashion Week.
There’s still time to get “IN.”
When authors are unwilling to peer review and incentives are not enough, is it time to privatize the system?
What happens when a proposed solution for a problem becomes an end unto itself? Is peer review really more important than research itself?
We’ve been building with the assumption that Web sites should flow to the desktop. But if everything is mobile, and people are mobile, and we want to reach people, shouldn’t we think differently?
The world should present itself relative to me = the emerging expectation. What that means for broadcasters and publishers? Get ready to be shared.
The OA financial model has morphed, and will continue to do so. The same realities will reveal the manufacturing biases of the initial model, and require new funding choices — just like it will for traditional publishers.
In order to ensure the financial viability of their organizations, not-for-profit publishers have to adopt a portfolio-management strategy or they run the risk of compromising their core editorial values.
It has never been easier to post a comment to a scientific article. Just don’t expect an adequate reply from the author — or one at all — according to a new study.
How do we gain a better vantage amidst the dust and din of an ongoing information revolution the likes of which the world has never seen before?
In a disruptive publishing environment, publishers cannot rely on a purely editorial strategy, as many of the issues now facing them are not editorial in nature.
The infrastructure for change is in place and largely working. What might that mean for publishing and academic cultures? (The first of a four-part series.)
You will be smiling by the time this ends, celebrating the day of labor.
Rainbows are much more common in near-ground sprinklers than they were 20 years ago. Or so asserts the infamous “Rainbow Lady.”