Do Students Really Prefer Print Books to E-Books?
Two flawed surveys help to reveal what might really be at stake in the higher ed book market.
Two flawed surveys help to reveal what might really be at stake in the higher ed book market.
Users are gaining a “me at the center” expectation, but publishers have a “we at the center” world view. Can the wrenching changes be made? David Worlock worries maybe not.
The passing of the “father of fractals” allows us to contemplate complexity in our lives, especially our economic lives.
Updated long-tail research shows that Amazon’s tail is growing, thanks to customers using search engines and user reviews more. How does that make you feel about the Google Books settlement?
A recent Atlantic article has cast doubt on high-impact medical research. But is the article accurate? Or is it biased itself?
A major publisher finds users like the iPad, spend more time with it, but don’t carry it around and encounter usability problems.
In the Internet age, the GPO celebrates print with a comic book — a video worth watching for its throwback charm.
Amazon’s latest play is aimed squarely at academics. Will it revive the moribund monograph market?
McLuhan posited “the medium is the message.” Is it still? GenY might teach us a thing or two.
Publishers still have to sell iPad content via single-issue apps. When will a subscription app finally be allowed?