Wait, well, I shouldn’t really call it idiot-proofed because this idiot ran out of time last weekend to confirm that. However, thanks to CALI Director of Content Development Sarah Glassmayer’s eBook Publishing for Dummies post, I can reality check that…
Posts Tagged ‘Publishing’
Jerome Rubin, 1925 – 2012: Passing of a Pioneering Giant in Electronic Publishing History
17
Jan
At a 1989 gathering of publishing giants, Jerome Rubin made an unpopular forecast: Technology would render the book obsolete. He argued that the expansion of computerized databases would decrease the need for printed books, a pronouncement based on firsthand experience….
Questions a Publishing Industry Futurist is Mulling Over for 2012
04
Jan
One would expect a publishing industry futurist to issue a set of predictions for 2012. But for 2012, Mike Shatzkin writes: Rather than predict the future for the industry’s biggest players, I am posing what I think are the biggest…
Dear Santa, Please Give AALL a Clue on How to Make Money
22
Dec
Santa, I think AALL needs a business plan to make money in publishing that is not based on ad revenues (which by and large isn’t work all that well, anyway). How about reasonably priced AALL imprint p- and e-books on…
Fighting for Open Access in Academic Legal Publishing
28
Oct
During this year’s Open Access Week, CALI Director of Content Development Sarah Glassmeyer published the first post-launch announcement feature on the new CALI Spotlight blog. In Why We Fight, Sarah writes: I feel like OA doesn’t get as much traction…
Some Thoughts on Thomson’s Acquisition of West Being Honored as Worst Legal Publishing Merger
24
Oct
Reporting on the findings of Dewey B Strategic’s self-admitted unscientific poll on best and worst legal publishing industry mergers, Jean O’Grady writes: According to the Legal Information Buyers Guide and Reference Manual, between 1995 (the year before the Thomson acquisition)…
Reminder: Dewey B Strategic’s Survey on the Best and Worst Legal Publishing Mergers Closes Today
23
Sep
Here’s the post with link to the survey. Watch for Jean O’Grady’s forthcoming summary and survey findings on Dewey B Strategic. [JH]
eReading Application Showdown
05
Aug
India Amos has launched a series of articles to analyze eReaders by functionality titled E-Reading Application Showdown on Digital Book World: The Publishing Community for the 21st Century. The areas she plans to discuss are Annotation Typography Colors and themes…
