Do You Want Lies?
We’re in the early days of a major revolution in information dissemination and creation. Clay Shirky shows us why we need to think the unthinkable.
A View from Inside Amazon
Image via CrunchBase Part of the reason I wanted to self-publish my first mystery novel was to learn what modern self-publishing could accomplish on a shoestring budget. And I was particularly interested in Amazon‘s role in the world of booksellers. […]
Adventure in Open Access Publishing
Would an Open Access publisher accept a nonsensical paper if the author were willing to pay?
The Author ID Dilemma
The notion of a persistent, unique, portable author identifier sounds reasonable, but there may be a showstopper or two hidden in the mix.
Since When Does Community Mean Everybody?
Community is a subset of the population. That subset may be self-selected or selected by some external criteria. But, by definition, communities are exclusive groups.
End of Free Access
Venerable open-access medical journal reinstitutes subscription model. But can it offer enough content to lure customers back?
The Meatgrinder and eBooks
Creating Kindle and iPhone versions of a book — simple. Selling them is another thing entirely.
New Literacy = New Books
On a day when Kindle 2.0 is expected the debut, the e-book is just one force reshaping the book of the future.
The Morphing of Magazines
Serialized print publishing has a frequency problem eating at its core. Can journal publishers anticipate and adjust?
Publishers in the Social Economy
As publishers move out of the scarcity model, the social economy is where they might thrive. Can they?
Subscription Publishers Lead with Open Access
The vast majority of freely-available biomedical articles were published by societies using traditional subscription models, a new study reports.
Self-Publishing Reinvents the Novel
The novel is about novelty. Self-publishing is just the latest option for authors. Some argue that it’s reinventing literature.
A Journal Feeds Wikipedia
A journal begins requiring authors to submit peer-reviewed pages to Wikipedia. Is this a great idea?
Peer-Review Scandal Shakes French Geologists
The abuse of editorial power and favoritism leads to a national scandal in France.
Banking on Peer Review
Scholarly publishers risk following the newspaper industry if they don’t value peer-review.