Michael's Pick for 2010: The Disruption (or Not) of Scientific Publishing
Why hasn’t scientific publishing been disrupted? The question created one of the year’s most-read posts.
Two Publishers — One Old, One New — Square Off Without Knowing It
The publisher of Harper’s proves himself an anachronist, while O’Reilly scolds other publishers to wake up!
Joe's Picks for 2010: Reckless Enthusiasm and the Platform Wars
It’s been a reckless year marked by books becoming cannon fodder in the platform wars.
Phil's Pick for 2010: The Unintended Use of a Blog Post
A traffic phenomenon from a post about PLoS ONE may indicate that impact factors are more important to authors than PLoS believes.
Alix's Pick for 2010: Higher Education — Turning a Painful Reality Into a Thriving Digital Business
Image via Wikipedia Rather than choosing a “best” of my own posts, I’ve taken a step back to examine what I’ve written this year, in search of an article or theme upon which to expand. Surveying my 2010 contributions, main […]
Kent's Picks for 2010: The Wikification of Research Reports
The movement to publish more and more demands that we find ways to preserve the trust we’ve built while taking advantage of the sunlight public availability can provide.
Some Lessons From Our Reactions to Wikileaks
Wikileaks teaches us a number of lessons, the most important being that the world will change, whether we like it or not.
The Future Is Not a Zero-Sum Game
The false premise of replacement means the future isn’t destructive, just additive.
The Nature Network Implosion — Hmmm, This All Seems Awfully Familiar . . .
Another science blogging network implodes, a sign that the age of exuberance is giving way to the business realities.
The Ambient Authorship and Subtle Potential of Sensor Publishing
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.
Is the Cloud Too Weak to Support What Paper Can?
The Wikileaks scandal shows that commercial cloud providers aren’t ready for the realities of publishing and information hosting.
Anxiety and Clichés About the Digital Generation? It's Still the Economy, Stupid
A recent New York Times Magazine feature plays off fears that the next generation is prone to distraction and underachievement. The facts, and an apparently superior media outlet, argue otherwise.
When Your Core Competency Is No Longer Core to the Business You’re In
Cyber Monday is the footprint of disruption. How did the former disruptors fall? And what can we learn as we shop?
Disruption, Aggregation, and Third Parties
Is our future defined by third-party aggregators? Or is there a business opportunity there worth fighting for?
One World Publishing, Brought to You by the Internet
The sale of e-books over the Internet will lead to a restructuring of the book business and the evolution of truly global publishers.