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Guest Post — Does Open Access Cannibalize Print Sales for Monographs?

John Sherer describes a new research project which will look at the impact of open access on print monograph sales, particularly in light of the free access provided early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • By John Sherer
  • Jan 27, 2022
  • 48 Comments

Book Review — Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization

In 2014, Google created a disruption for both libraries (and publishers) with its digitization activities. Where do things stand now? What’s needed to move forward?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Oct 11, 2021
  • 1 Comment

Revisiting: Dear Reader, Are You Reading?

What does it actually mean to read digitally? Revisiting a 2018 post in light of the ongoing, pandemic-fueled drive to digital.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Jun 9, 2021
  • 4 Comments

Revisiting Nicholson Baker and Retention of Print

Scholars are anxious about what materials will be preserved and made accessible. Whose priorities come first?

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Feb 2, 2021
  • 16 Comments

Chef’s Selections: Best Books Read (and more!) During 2020, Part 1

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year (and more!). Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.

  • By David Crotty, Alice Meadows, Joseph Esposito, Karin Wulf, Jill O'Neill, David Smith
  • Nov 24, 2020
  • 2 Comments

Talking About – and Maybe Even Selling – Books in a Pandemic

With their audiences in COVID-19 lockdown, publishers are testing out new marketing strategies while some authors are taking matters into their own hands.

  • By Karin Wulf, Lindsay M. Chervinsky
  • May 14, 2020
  • 0 Comments

The Joy of Search: A Review

Users need training in the complexities of online search. A new book by Daniel Russell from MIT Press offers solid instruction in how to think about the search process.

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Jul 31, 2019
  • 3 Comments

Stanford University Press and the Wrong Lesson of the Humanities

What if, instead of enacting a caricature of Silicon Valley, Stanford recognized the future and threw its arms around Stanford University Press? That would be the smart move.

  • By Karin Wulf
  • Jun 24, 2019
  • 16 Comments

Open Access Monographs: Building Better Infrastructure

Experimentation is key in supporting open access monographs. We’ve done the research and now it’s time to build a better user experience.

  • By Jill O'Neill
  • Jun 20, 2019
  • 8 Comments

Content Platform Migrations Cause Headaches. Can We Avoid Some of the Pain?

Libraries and individual subscribers to journals have seen the problems that can occur when a publication moved or was sold from one publisher to another. Perhaps there would be an editorial change, leading to delayed issues. Perhaps all the subscription […]

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Mar 4, 2019
  • 1 Comment

The Oligarchy of Amazon

Robert Harington describes how the recent, under the radar launch of the Amazon Global Store is putting local businesses at risk.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jul 24, 2018
  • 12 Comments

Chefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During 2017 Part 1

The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year. Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow.

  • By Karin Wulf, David Crotty, Joseph Esposito, Charlie Rapple, Tim Vines
  • Nov 21, 2017
  • 0 Comments

Less Than Meets the Eye: Print Book Use Is Falling Faster in Research Libraries

Use of printed books in large North American research libraries is falling even faster than we think.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Aug 21, 2017
  • 45 Comments

The Ebook R/Evolution – Not as Easy as It Seems

The “ebook revolution” in scholarly publishing has behaved more like an evolution. Are we reaching a key inflection point where users are central to our innovations?

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Apr 24, 2017
  • 5 Comments

University Press Books We Loved in 2016

As a follow-up to the chef’s best books read during 2016, I’m happy to present a selection of our favorite university press reads of 2016 (and thanks to one of our commenters for the suggestion!). We tend to think of […]

  • By Alison Mudditt
  • Jan 12, 2017
  • 5 Comments
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