The Meatgrinder and eBooks
Creating Kindle and iPhone versions of a book — simple. Selling them is another thing entirely.
Welcome Our New Chef!
Ann Michael joins the Scholarly Kitchen. Welcome!
Stimulus Bill Funds Science
The US stimulus package supports science and higher education, wise investments now and for the long haul.
Did You Know?
The 2008 update of “Did You Know?” continues its mind-blowing tradition.
Email — The Killer App (Again!)
Think email’s a thing of the past? Think again.
You’re Murdering a Newspaper!
Newspapers are running out of ideas. A litany of desperate measures don’t bode well for a dying industry.
New Literacy = New Books
On a day when Kindle 2.0 is expected the debut, the e-book is just one force reshaping the book of the future.
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?
The Success of Failure
Is a lack of success failure? Or just another step on the road to success? This video from Honda reveals some answers, and some inspiration about persistence and wisdom.
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?
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.
Wikipedia on Drugs
Wikipedia is a reference that is accurate but incomplete. How does it fare as a drug resource? A recent study finds an interesting trend.
Why Text Still Rules
Text still dominates, but is finding new purposes in an increasingly hybridized media ecosystem.