Yesterday, Publishers Weekly reported that on-demand production of books surpassed conventional (print-to-inventory) methods for the…
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Another log on the fire
I don’t want to pile on a weak sister, but this week’s announcement that Reader’s…
Piracy links
Kirk Biglione of Medialoper has released a podcast of a 30-minute conversation we had earlier…
Sell the book
I’ve written that publishing is the science and art of linking content to markets. Associations…
Free: the new black?
It has been a busy week for the debate about free content. On Monday, Bloggasm…
Pontin’s prescription
A week ago, Technology Review editor Jason Pontin posted a comprehensive critique of the current…
Do the right(s) thing
A few weeks ago my colleague Mike Shatzkin talked about publishing as a rights business…
Just enough of a good thing
Dave Kellogg, Mark Logic’s CEO, recently reviewed a part of the StartWithXML research report. The…
Curation: the business case
Adam Hodgkin tweeted a link to Neil Schlager’s post about the challenges reference publishers face…
Establishing better practice
With the ad market in free-fall, publishers often judge their success against broad market measures….