E-Readers Will Take Centerstage If Prices Drop, Yet Publishers Still Have Two Left Feet
E-readers are poised to go mainstream, yet publishers continue to be wallflowers. Haven’t we learned to dance at all during this last digital decade?
E-readers are poised to go mainstream, yet publishers continue to be wallflowers. Haven’t we learned to dance at all during this last digital decade?
One year later, Twitter’s business services plans seem to be rolling out.
Scientists seem uninterested in participating in social media offerings, as the rewards offered are generally of insufficient value to warrant the effort required. Instead of just hoping that scientists will suddenly see the value in your product, why not offer incentives for participation?
How we measure quality may be a form of vestigial elitism, stemming from the print age. And it may be holding us back.
In less than a minute, essential advice for survival today and success tomorrow.
The e-book age is here — infrastructure, readers, storefronts. Publishers should heed the warning signs and stop delaying the inevitable.
A quick overview of how to vote for the Scholarly Kitchen’s Webby Award nomination. Help shine a light on scholarly communications around the world.
Clay Shirky reflects on the end of complexity. He’s right, but can simplified systems produce quality? Can other approaches also survive?
The USPS is squealing about financial difficulties, but is it because there’s just too much pork in the system? And what will it mean for publishers who cater to high-end information users?
The age of collaboration indicates some adjacent sources of value are emerging. Since adjacency is relative, how can publishers ensure that the central pieces remain?
Is this a watershed moment for independent publishing?
Penguin is experimenting with the iPad, and sharing what they’re thinking in this video demo. It’s pretty amazing stuff.
O’Reilly launches the “live book,” a way to extend the useful life of a book by turning hardware into software.
CrossRef moves into the reference works area for e-books, with a linking approach and pricing that might just work.
Information wants to be free? Then why are expenditures for information skyrocketing? Maybe the pendulum has swung back to “information wants to be expensive.”