Service or Content? Another False Choice
The more arguments I hear about service vs. content, the clearer it seems that this is a false choice.
Horns of a Dilemma: Open Access or Academic Freedom
Librarians must choose between fiscal irresponsibility and a conflict with academic freedom when establishing open access publication funds.
Deleting Books — A New Kindle Dilemma
Amazon demonstrates its ability to remotely remove content from the devices, creating an Orwellian stir with its customers.
Positioned to Fail the Future
If publishers of all types don’t invest in the next thing, they’re the only ones who will suffer. But the barriers are high, and new competitors may be better positioned to fulfill the future.
Sci Foo Camp – Day 2
Day 2 of Sci Foo Camp was full of interesting topics and discussions, including artificial intelligence, citizen science, and the future of scholarly publishing.
The Francis Collins Controversy
The overtly religious views of Francis Collins, nominated to run the NIH, is creating a controversy deserving of careful attention.
Amazon’s Fifth Stage
Amazon’s options and pattern of doing business suggests the STM publishers had better prepare for a dramatically more digital future.
Amazon or Apple: Choose Your Invader
A writer for “Fast Company” accidentally reveals that there may be no respite for publishers as pure digital invaders come to plunder them.
Playing Two Ends Against the Middle
Anderson says Free is the “future radical price.” Gladwell says free may not be the future. Godin simply says “Malcolm is wrong.” Why are all the arguments so polarized?
Paying for Peer-Review — or, What We’ve Learned from Financial Watchdogs
A common systemic problem links oversight of financial risks and author-pays peer-review. Both are potentially calamitous.
Successful Web 2.0 Business Models
We’ve all read declaration after declaration that the publishing business model is dead and needs to be replaced by a new one. So far, no one seems to have any idea exactly what that new business model should be. A few recent examples are examined….
Gladwell & Nielsen: The Fixed Costs of Fixed Ideas
Gladwell tackles Anderson, Nielsen tackles Christensen. Both provide useful insights for publishers today.
Chaos Still Publishing Former Editor’s Work
The journal that sparked a peer-review controversy has resumed publishing its ousted editor’s work.
Open Access on a “Level Playing Field”
In creating a ‘level playing field’ for open access publishers, we put non-profit publishers at a great disadvantage.
The Impact Factor: A Tool from a Bygone Era?
With scientific information propagating in new ways, is the Impact Factor measuring what it was intended to measure?