Putting Society Publishing in Context
Society publishing is surrounded by rivalrous groups, which tend to undermine the societies’ activities. It’s time to renew the development of membership through exclusive products.
Society publishing is surrounded by rivalrous groups, which tend to undermine the societies’ activities. It’s time to renew the development of membership through exclusive products.
In order for publishers to engage in direct marketing, they have to build new infrastructure. Simon & Schuster is hinting at new developments with its use of QR codes.
A fluidic computer designed to model a national economy holds lessons for doing things directly and physically. Sometimes, you have to get your hands wet.
Learned societies are likely to be significantly affected by OA mandates, yet many remain silent, and may be ill-informed. What is their path forward?
Creative people are using our inputs — and letting us do the same — to drive more creativity.
While elaborate systems might help us disambiguate authors of scholarly articles, is there a simpler approach?
Science policy is often guided by poorly-constructed and highly biased survey results. Shouldn’t we demand more?
Stray thoughts from vacationland. You may see these again.
This month, with vacations on the docket, it seemed a good time to ask a question bound to get the mind thinking of faraway or unfamiliar places. And since scholarly publishing is a worldwide endeavor — all the more so […]
I’m pleased to welcome our newest Chef, Alice Meadows of Wiley. Alice heads up Wiley’s society relations team, supporting more than 800 scholarly and STM organizations for which Wiley publishes. She has a marketing background, and founded a small business […]
An essay on the Beatles and their business model, which emphasized paid content, now called “toll-access” content. The question is how the Beatles would have been different if they had worked in an era where content was expected to be free.
Siri now has competition, and we all benefit.
We take our bodies for granted, even when we ask more of them than usual. This video takes us behind the cellular scenes, revealing the microscopic workers making it all possible.
An interesting video showing one reason why it makes sense for food in an ad to look different from food you’re served.
Amateurs hope they can emulate the professionals they admire. In a set of videos of F1 racing courses, it’s clear that amateurs can’t compete with professional drivers.