Fear-Mongering, Confusion, and Paranoia About Privacy — Are We Sweating the Small Stuff?
Privacy concerns seem aimed at the small stuff, but could expand into a system of censorship.
Privacy concerns seem aimed at the small stuff, but could expand into a system of censorship.
Nostalgia about the book will be upon us soon enough. But we’ve been down similar paths before, and so have prior generations.
Big and defensive organizations often end up overspending on treading water, even as their core customers ride other waves.
A new “instabook” about Bin Laden hit the Kindle store about a week after the events. What might this mean for that space between books and magazines?
This week, we revisit the power of persuasion, and wonder out loud if perhaps publishers suffer from traits that hold back engagement.
Established publishers don’t have the luxury of start-ups of ignoring existing operations, which makes it harder to fully engage with the Web. But an established brand can help create an extended marketing network.
At Cornell University, you can rent a bicycle from the circulation desk. Should the library be peddling a different brand?
The power of Twitter was on full display on May 1, as one tweet alerted an audience of mass-media proportions about the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
How Business Week is made, via a short video montage.
Three announcements from the SSP, and only 2/3 involve the Hub . . .
While e-readers continue to fail crucial tests for academic utility, the alternative hints at more robust devices, not a return to print.
They’ve made a movie about a newspaper’s travails in the Internet age.
Planning is a centerpiece of corporate behavior, but to encourage innovation, blazing a trail is perhaps a better approach.
(Editor’s Note: Published just over a year ago, this post helped people from outside publishing houses understand some fundamentals of brand management and quality proxies. It’s as clearly written as anything you’ll ever see, and a gem from the archive.) […]
This is a parable of the role in innovation in publishing and makes the case that we should not criticize companies that try and fail to do new things.