Kindling the iPhone
Amazon’s release of the Kindle for iPhone moves the battle lines from devices to stores. How will iTunes respond?
Since When Does Community Mean Everybody?
Community is a subset of the population. That subset may be self-selected or selected by some external criteria. But, by definition, communities are exclusive groups.
End of Free Access
Venerable open-access medical journal reinstitutes subscription model. But can it offer enough content to lure customers back?
Hulu Dances to the Forefront
In the world of online video, Hulu is making everyone else look stiff and arthritic.
Device Psychology
Are devices proliferating because we are seeking boundaries in our information age? The concept of “device psychology” suggests as much.
The Meatgrinder and eBooks
Creating Kindle and iPhone versions of a book — simple. Selling them is another thing entirely.
You’re Murdering a Newspaper!
Newspapers are running out of ideas. A litany of desperate measures don’t bode well for a dying industry.
The Morphing of Magazines
Serialized print publishing has a frequency problem eating at its core. Can journal publishers anticipate and adjust?
Advertising: Social vs. Keyword
While Google and Yahoo dominate online advertising in a keyword environment, could Facebook’s system dethrone them?
Publishers in the Social Economy
As publishers move out of the scarcity model, the social economy is where they might thrive. Can they?
Aggregation Agitation Continues
Does the settlement of the case between Gatehouse and the New York Times cast any light? Is the commercial model for news aggregation any closer to being settled?
Subscription Publishers Lead with Open Access
The vast majority of freely-available biomedical articles were published by societies using traditional subscription models, a new study reports.
Self-Publishing Reinvents the Novel
The novel is about novelty. Self-publishing is just the latest option for authors. Some argue that it’s reinventing literature.
When Newspapers Are Gone
Seth Godin wonders if we’ll miss newspapers. For a growing proportion of the population, it’s already a moot point.
Radical Reinvention — Wii!!
As publishers face the loss of 2/3 of their options, a radical reinvention may be required, ala Nintendo’s Wii.