JoVE Leaves Open Access Behind
Revolutionary scientific video journal implements subscription model, cites financial and quality reasons.
April Fool’s Roundup — 2009
April Fool’s was a good one at the Scholarly Kitchen. Here’s a roundup of some notable pranks across the Interwebs.
Mergers Create Uber Publisher
According to a leaked document, publishing giants Springer, Elsevier, and Wiley-Blackwell will merge.
Sit & Squat Socially
Squeeze the smartphone to find out where you can find relief in a pinch.
Owing It All to AOL?
Twitter, Facebook, and Google may owe everything to AOL. But to what did AOL owe its success?
Do You Want Lies?
We’re in the early days of a major revolution in information dissemination and creation. Clay Shirky shows us why we need to think the unthinkable.
Twitter in Plain English
Twitter has gone mainstream. If you’re not on it, here’s a movie that might motivate you to jump on board.
A View from Inside Amazon
Image via CrunchBase Part of the reason I wanted to self-publish my first mystery novel was to learn what modern self-publishing could accomplish on a shoestring budget. And I was particularly interested in Amazon‘s role in the world of booksellers. […]
Adventure in Open Access Publishing
Would an Open Access publisher accept a nonsensical paper if the author were willing to pay?
The Author ID Dilemma
The notion of a persistent, unique, portable author identifier sounds reasonable, but there may be a showstopper or two hidden in the mix.
What Can We Learn from the Gazette?
The Gazette is going through a transformation in how they envision and create content. Can other publishers and content providers learn something from their approach?
Smart Skittles!
Skittles.com shows how you can quickly and easily leverage Twitter and Facebook for major audience. Can we take a clue?
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.
Film: History of the Internet
The law of unintended consequences states that it’s all unintended. This video documents one chain of events important for all publishers.