(Editor’s Note: Published just over a year ago, this post helped people from outside publishing houses understand some fundamentals of brand management and quality proxies. It’s as clearly written as anything you’ll ever see, and a gem from the archive.) […]
This is a parable of the role in innovation in publishing and makes the case that we should not criticize companies that try and fail to do new things.
Does an increase in article retractions signal a corrupt publishing system or just better policing?
It’s time to pay up! The Kitchen ends free meals for freeloaders.
The Google Books Settlement actually hit its second roadblock this week. Here’s why, and where matter might go from here.
The HarperCollins e-book lending limitations provide lessons in how both sides typically deal with change.
When you explore the revenue model of e-books vs. print books, some pricing practices make sense. But when you factor in the expenses, the logic begins to break down.
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?
We’re now entering our fourth year of publication. Look how we’ve grown!
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.
A debate at PSP reveals much, especially after it ends.
Full of experimental biases and important omissions, what can be learned from the Study of Open Access Publishing (SOAP) survey of scientists?
With the economic benefits of open access open to reinterpretation, will the moral benefits prove sufficient to withstand the coming scrutiny? And will it all begin a race to the bottom?
Our ease with print makes inertia feel natural. But the winners will have facility with many more information technologies than just paper and ink.
Why hasn’t scientific publishing been disrupted? The question created one of the year’s most-read posts.