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Well, That About Wraps it up for Clayton Christensen

Clayton Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation is critically examined by Jill Lepore in the New Yorker. If he is wrong, why is the idea of disruption such a compelling one?

  • By David Smith
  • Jun 18, 2014
  • 20 Comments

HighWire Press Moves Out of Stanford and Becomes an Equity-funded "Inc."

On Friday, Highwire Press announced that it has received a “significant equity investment to support its strategic growth from Accel-KKR” and that it would be spinning off from the Stanford University Library, which has been its home for nearly 20 years. This post explores the implications of the transition.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Jun 2, 2014
  • 5 Comments

Well, That Went Fast! A Few Last-Minute Reflections on a Year as President of SSP

Serving as President of SSP for a year let me see how uniquely beneficial this organization is for scholarly publishing.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 30, 2014
  • 15 Comments

Identity Crisis — Does Print Need to Die for Online to Flourish?

The bias against printing has a technological basis and some business rationale, but are we underserving our role as “content marketers” by shutting down this option out of hand?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 20, 2014
  • 20 Comments

Keeping It Real — Are Our Technology Expectations Out of Whack?

While we fuss over our interfaces and capabilities, we often forget how difficult software is to create and sustain, how easy it is to imagine otherwise, and how scarce engineering and programming resources are across the board.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 14, 2014
  • 16 Comments

The Expert

The intersection of vague business plans and practical implementation is often a frustrating process.

  • By David Crotty
  • May 2, 2014
  • 2 Comments

Bitcoin and Flash Traders — Leveraging Scarcity Within the Internet's Infrastructure

Two ways to leverage scarcity in the computer world are worth examining, because they represent baffling new ways for the rich to get richer.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Apr 10, 2014
  • 7 Comments

This One Doesn’t Scale — One Big Reason Why Online Advertising Is Comparatively Limited

Online advertising fails to match print advertising in its scalability, slowing the transition to online for major journals and capping the potential for online subscription prices to be offset in a manner similar to print’s legacy business.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 17, 2014
  • 14 Comments

The Legal Hot Zone — The Hidden Role of Publishers in Academic and Scientific Legal Disputes

Legal issues are an inevitable part of publishing cutting-edge information in a world as political as academic research. However, the role of publishers in these matters, and their important contributions, are often concealed within necessary discretion.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 10, 2014
  • 2 Comments

Can Mega-journals Maintain Boundaries When They and Their Customers Align on "Publish or Perish"?

The “publish or perish” culture has created a major mega-journal. But are its boundaries and standards built properly to avoid becoming an enabler of that culture?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 29, 2014
  • 18 Comments

Scale Rewards, Scale Punishes — Is the Future of Scholarly Publishing Already Determined?

The Internet rewards scale and creates clear competitive disadvantages for niche businesses. Now that a long-term economic downturn has made for starker realities, the effects of this basic set of facts seem inevitable.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Dec 12, 2013
  • 25 Comments

Will 2014 Be the Year of the Individual Paywall for Publishers?

As revenues from alternatives decrease and digital revenue sources prove insufficient, publishers are finding that straight-up asking readers to pay may be the best approach going forward.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Nov 25, 2013
  • 71 Comments

Observations from the SSP Annual Meeting — Dogma, Domination vs. Disruption, and Working to Scale

As Day 1 of the SSP Annual Meeting draws to a close, a few ideas seemed worth sharing.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 7, 2013
  • 3 Comments

True Innovation Requires Knowledge — The Myth of the Naïve Disruptor and the Marginalization of Staff

The myth of the naive outsider is persistent and powerful, but even expert outsiders aren’t the only possible source of knowledge. What about the expert insider? What if most of your insiders are experts in some surprising way?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 30, 2013
  • 10 Comments

Are We In a Rut? Explaining the Increasing Homogenization of Scholarly and Scientific Publishing

The Internet promised a revolution, but we may have only deepened our rut as a number of factors have combined to constrain innovation and change our customer focus.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 16, 2013
  • 10 Comments
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