The Scholarly Kitchen

What’s Hot and Cooking In Scholarly Publishing

  • About
  • Archives
  • Collections
    Scholarly Publishing 101 -- The Basics
    Collections
    • Scholarly Publishing 101 -- The Basics
    • Academia
    • Business Models
    • Discovery and Access
    • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
    • Economics
    • Libraries
    • Marketing
    • Metrics and Analytics
    • Open Access
    • Organizational Management
    • Peer Review
    • Strategic Planning
    • Technology and Disruption
  • Translations
    topographic world map
    Translations
    • All Translations
    • Chinese
    • German
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Spanish
  • Chefs
  • Podcast
  • Follow

Archives: Book

Making a Book from Scratch

If you tried to make a book from scratch, how would you do it?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 22, 2016
  • 4 Comments

The Art of Making a Book

An appreciation of the book as physical object.

  • By David Crotty
  • Dec 19, 2014
  • 6 Comments

Stick to Your Ribs: The Library With No Books In It

Editor’s Note: This post is being republished to coincide with the launch of the Digital Public Library.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Apr 18, 2013
  • 0 Comments

What the Heck Does a Book Cost?

The sheer number of new marketing programs for books makes it hard to determine just how much a book costs. This post details all the factors involved with pricing.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Apr 8, 2013
  • 15 Comments

The Results Are In — A Survey of Book Purchasers

The results from a recent survey on book discovery and purchasing are now available. Print is declining, but still an essential component of the business.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Jan 16, 2013
  • 20 Comments

Chefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During 2012

Once again, the Chefs list their favorite books read this year — everything from Presidents to statisticians to cancer to owl soup. Enjoy!

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 17, 2012
  • 1 Comment

Speed and Retention — Are e-Readers Slower and More Forgetful?

E-readers seem to slow information accession and fog retention. Should we worry as the era of “big paper” begins its final stages?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 21, 2012
  • 30 Comments

Is Piracy Really the F**king Answer?

A viral book sensation’s obvious story may not be as obvious as some think, harder to replicate, and indicative of a strong counter-trend.

  • By David Crotty
  • May 19, 2011
  • 0 Comments

Mourning the Printed Book — The Aesthetic and Sensory Deprivation of E-books

Nostalgia about the book will be upon us soon enough. But we’ve been down similar paths before, and so have prior generations.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 13, 2011
  • 11 Comments

Traditional Publishing and Self-Publishing — Authors Now Call the Shots

A best-selling author turns down a $500,000 advance in order to self-publish, while a self-published author who has earned $2 million takes a book contract. What’s going on here?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 29, 2011
  • 23 Comments

The Google Books Settlement: Where Things Stand, and Some Suggestions for What's Next

The Google Books Settlement actually hit its second roadblock this week. Here’s why, and where matter might go from here.

  • By David Crotty
  • Mar 24, 2011
  • 12 Comments

Why Does Availability Seem to Drive Down the Quality of Information Goods?

While it seems that availability drives down the quality of information goods, some exceptions make it clear this is not an unavoidable fate. Can scientific publishing beat the trend?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 10, 2011
  • 33 Comments

Can You Actually "Sell" an E-book? How You Answer Affects Your Revenue Assumptions

Customers have accepted the analogy that they “buy” e-books, but publishers may be faced with accepting the fact that they’re selling licenses. What this could mean to their bottom lines may not be the most painful part of this shift.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 23, 2011
  • 25 Comments

Will Reference Books and Journals Survive? A Debate

A debate at PSP reveals much, especially after it ends.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 3, 2011
  • 14 Comments

Does Thinking Benefit More from Contemplation or Exchange?

Distractions spur thoughts, so why do we want deep, contemplative thinking?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 22, 2010
  • 11 Comments
Older

Official Blog of:

Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)

The Chefs

  • Rick Anderson
  • Todd A Carpenter
  • Angela Cochran
  • Lettie Y. Conrad
  • David Crotty
  • Phil Davis
  • Joseph Esposito
  • Robert Harington
  • Haseeb Irfanullah
  • Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Phill Jones
  • Roy Kaufman
  • Scholarly Kitchen
  • Alice Meadows
  • Ann Michael
  • Alison Mudditt
  • Jill O'Neill
  • Charlie Rapple
  • Dianndra Roberts
  • Roger C. Schonfeld
  • Tim Vines
  • Jasmine Wallace
  • Karin Wulf

Most Recent

  • Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table — Ziyad Marar
  • SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 13: Industry Primer — Books Within the Scholarly Publishing Landscape
  • Guest Post — Open Access for Monographs is Here. But Are we Ready for It?

Recent Tweets

Retweet on Twitter Scholarly Kitchen Retweeted
letpub LetPub @letpub ·
9 Feb

@scholarlykitchn reflects on the diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible (DEIA) community in scholarly communications: https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/02/07/know-better-do-better-learned-publishing-reflects-on-deia-in-scholarly-communications/ #diversity #inclusion #DEIA #scicomm

Retweet on Twitter Scholarly Kitchen Retweeted
scholarlypub SSP @scholarlypub ·
9 Feb

• Today on @scholarlykitchn • https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/02/09/guest-post-introducing-two-new-toolkits-to-advance-inclusion-in-scholarly-communication-part-2/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=ScholarlyPub

Retweet on Twitter Scholarly Kitchen Retweeted
jafurtado Jose Afonso Furtado @jafurtado ·
9 Feb

Chefs de Cuisine: Perspectives from Publishing’s Top Table - Steven Inchcoombe, by Robert Harington @rharington / @scholarlykitchn https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/01/30/chefs-de-cuisine-perspectives-from-publishings-top-table-steven-inchcoombe/

Follow the Scholarly Kitchen Blog Follow Us
Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)

The mission of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is to advance scholarly publishing and communication, and the professional development of its members through education, collaboration, and networking. SSP established The Scholarly Kitchen blog in February 2008 to keep SSP members and interested parties aware of new developments in publishing.

The Scholarly Kitchen is a moderated and independent blog. Opinions on The Scholarly Kitchen are those of the authors. They are not necessarily those held by the Society for Scholarly Publishing nor by their respective employers.

  • About
  • Archives
  • Chefs
  • Podcast
  • Follow
  • Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Website Credits
ISSN 2690-8085