Sensors are being applied to mobile phones, which will launch a new suite of publishing opportunities. By aggregating and interpreting the data uploaded from these mobile sensors, publishers can create new services and open up new markets.
Improper use of financial analysis can obscure problems in strategy, a problem faced by for-profit and not-for-profit organizations alike.
A new collection of essays in the Journal of Electronic Publishing focuses on various issues facing the university press world today, but perhaps does not consider the possibility of presses taking on a more central role in their parents’ strategy.
The sale of e-books over the Internet will lead to a restructuring of the book business and the evolution of truly global publishers.
The face-down publishing paradigm involves the display of content on mobile devices that are constantly altered by computer processes in the Internet Cloud.
Publishers today fall into 3 broad categories when discussing the role of digital media, and these categories almost have the outlines of political parties. But which party is equipped to lead?
Bob Stein has proposed a taxonomy for social reading, which refers to all the conversations and comments that take place about a book.
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.
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.
Peter Brantley has written an insightful piece on some of the implications of Amazon’s much-vaunted high royalty payments to authors who publish directly with them (that is, with Amazon).
The New York Times wants federal regulation of Google’s editorial objectivity.
Book publishing is evolving in stages, and when we get to Stage Five, where books are sold on a subscription basis, the fortunes of scholarly publishers will improve dramatically.
Using POD (print on demand) as a means to support open access is not a viable business model.
Publishers’ brands matter very much to consumers, but sometimes people are unaware of the role brands play in purchasing decisions.
The next new e-book reading device is already here. (You may already own one.)