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arnie Grossblatt

The New Presumption of Transparency - 0 views

  • In the U.S., public figures have to prove that statements about them are false and made with malice -- but in Britain a statement that harms one's reputation is enough to justify a libel action. Defendants must prove that statements are true or "fair comment." This has a chilling effect on the reporting of damaging facts.
  • "If information cannot be freely exchanged, if journalists must fear being sued over information reported in good faith on matters crucial to our defense, matters such as the financial networks supporting jihadist terror, then we cannot make sound security policy," former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said at a recent conference on "libel lawfare." This is a useful term to describe lawsuits to suppress facts about radical Islam and terrorism.
  • The Web means that publishing anywhere means publishing everywhere, thus subjecting authors and publishers to litigation in pro-plaintiff jurisdictions
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  • Among the proposals under consideration is to broaden the law to give American publishers the right in the U.S. to sue plaintiffs who bring what U.S. law would consider abusive lawsuits.
  • Digital technology makes sharing information possible and, increasingly, makes it mandatory.
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    "The Web means that publishing anywhere means publishing everywhere, thus subjecting authors and publishers to litigation in pro-plaintiff jurisdictions"
arnie Grossblatt

thedigitalist.net » Skills in the Digital Era part two - 0 views

  • in my view there is no need for a digital editor as such in a trade publishing house, rather an editor who understands the digital world:
  • it’s marketing that will have to continue to change the most to find new readers and new ways of reaching readers.
  • Writing that uses new media by incorporating visuals, sound, movies and so on in different delivery platforms such as the new Sony Reader, Alternate Reality Games mixing narrative and interaction by readers and contributors, self-published material, collaborative wikinovels and other kinds of informal, or extra-formal creativity, are exactly the kind of material that a traditional trade publishing house such as Pan Macmillan, however innovative, finds it very difficult to use, or even acknowledge, in a publishing process, and it’s unlikely to be seriously practical in the short term, which means until someone can think of a way to make money out of it, not least because digital projects are typically seen by customers and authors as free or very low-cost, when in fact they’re often more expensive than traditional ones because of the high set-up and development costs
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  • two key issues: accuracy of conversion, which we set at 99.999999%, instead of some competitors’ 99.95%, and attending to the reader experience by providing accurate and appropriate metadata, which is one of the points I want to illustrate later on to show why I believe editors need new knowledge not new skills
  • What it needs to do instead is create a new post-publishing process, a sort of après-lit, which makes clever and effective use of reader involvement through websites and with social-networking tools, but that is familiar Web 2.0 material and outside the scope of this answer.
  • How much is digital going to change the way I work?’
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    One editor's take what endures and what changes for publishers and editors in the digital world.
Thelisha Woods

Web Publishing Fun with Drupal Integration and CMIS Repos - 0 views

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    CMSWire Article: Web Publishing Fun with Drupal Integration and CMIS Repos
arnie Grossblatt

What If the Kindle Succeeds? | Electronic Frontier Foundation - 0 views

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    If ebook readers succeed, will publishers be smarter than the music industry in the face of digitization and the web? Some guidelines on how publishers can avoid some of the mistakes of the music industry peers
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    Thanks for posting this, Arnie. I've been watching the rise of the Kindle for a while. It popped up at various publishing conferences a few years back. As a reader, it does have some appealing qualities. But, the product is too expensive to go mainstream just yet, in my view. I'd be nervous to schlep a $400 device on international trips with multiple time zones/hotel stays. It's okay if I accidentally leave a paperback behind in a plane or forget it in my hotel room, but you'd have to be careful with a Kindle--it sort of changes my perception of reading materials when I'm traveling.
Davia Grant

Rowman & Littlefield Launches Web site Covering All Imprints - 0 views

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    The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc. (RLPG) has launched a new Web site to encompass all of its publishing programs: www.rowman.com. The site features the company's ten main imprints: AltaMira Press, Bernan Press, Government Institutes, Ivan R. Dee, Jason Aaronson, Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield Education, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Scarecrow Press, and Taylor Trade Publishing.
arnie Grossblatt

Savikas_PMAGraduateSchool2008_Slides.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    Presentation from the director of O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference and the future of publishing.
Derik Dupont

3 in 5 Web Users Read Online Newspapers - 0 views

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    3 in 5 Web Users Read Online Newspapers - Publisher: MarketingCharts
Ryan Holman

Column: It's Hard Out There For a Publisher Bootstrapped Web sites do exist, but it's n... - 0 views

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    Conventional wisdom says that entrepreneurs who start a Web-based business will do so with VC money. Read enough stories of Internet ventures that enjoy lucrative exits in the millions (in some cases billions) of dollars, and it's easy to assume that the only path to success is to begin by securing deals with investors who are far less interested in helping a start-up build a substantial brand as they are in realizing a return as quickly as possible. Bootstrapping simply isn't sexy anymore. But for many start-up publishers, bootstrapping is a way of life, and VC money isn't an option.
arnie Grossblatt

Books in the Age of the iPad - Craig Mod - 1 views

  • I want to look at where printed books stand in respect to digital publishing, why we historically haven't read long-form text on screens and how the iPad is wedging itself in the middle of everything. In doing so I think we can find the line in the sand to define when content should be printed or digitized. This is a conversation for books-makers, web-heads, content-creators, authors and designers. For people who love beautifully made things. And for the storytellers who are willing to take risks and want to consider the most appropriate shape and media for their yarns
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    Excellent read from  book designer "I want to look at where printed books stand in respect to digital publishing, why we historically haven't read long-form text on screens and how the iPad is wedging itself in the middle of everything. In doing so I think we can find the line in the sand to define when content should be printed or digitized. This is a conversation for books-makers, web-heads, content-creators, authors and designers. For people who love beautifully made things. And for the storytellers who are willing to take risks and want to consider the most appropriate shape and media for their yarns."
your krishna

How to choose best eBook Publisher - 0 views

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Debbie Bezanson

Joe Wikert's Publishing 2020 Blog: Publishing in the Social World - 0 views

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    Publishing in a Social World
Derik Dupont

Survey: Newspaper Web Sites Still Top Source for Local Info But Competition is Closing In - 0 views

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    Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - Editor & Publisher provides newspaper industry headlines covering emerging and important news.
Derik Dupont

New AP Gateway Business Unit Will Develop Mobile, Tablet Products - 0 views

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    Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - Editor & Publisher provides newspaper industry headlines covering emerging and important news.
arnie Grossblatt

Stephen R. Covey Grants E-Book Rights to Amazon - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Amazon, maker of the popular Kindle e-reader and one of the biggest book retailers in the country, will have the exclusive rights to sell electronic editions of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” and a later work, “Principle-Centered Leadership.” Mr. Covey also plans to gradually make other e-books available exclusively to Amazon, which will promote them on its Web site.
  • The move promises to raise the already high anxiety level among publishers about the economics of digital publishing and could offer authors a way to earn more profits from their works than they do under the traditional system.
  • Many authors and agents say that because the contracts for older books do not explicitly spell out electronic rights, they reside with the author. Big publishing houses argue that clauses like “in book form” or phrases that prohibit “competitive editions” preclude authors from publishing e-books through other parties.
Derik Dupont

Web Publishers Left With Little After Ad Spoils Split - Advertising Age - Digital - 0 views

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    The debate is over what parts of the online display-ad ecosystem, estimated to be worth $7.9 billion in 2010, are adding value for publishers or brands.
Derik Dupont

Would Microsoft Web Deal Prove Lucrative for Papers? - 0 views

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    Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - Editor & Publisher provides newspaper industry headlines covering emerging and important news.
arnie Grossblatt

Getting Google to notice your ebook - 0 views

  • but Google eBookstore suddenly gives booksellers a reason to at least wade into SEO.
  • But what about new books and ebooks? How does Google determine which new titles, and the more than 15 million books that have been scanned, float to the top of its search results pages: in the web search box and in the ebookstore. The challenge, for Gray and other Google engineers on the Books project, is that the best known component of Google's algorithm for determining the the value of a web resource -- the number of links to it by others -- does not apply to books and ebooks. Although it is possible to link to a selection in certain books on Google Books (here's a hyperlink into the aforementioned Galbraith title) people don't generally create links to the contents of a book or ebook. So linking is not a reliable indicator of quality.
  • One strategy that Google employs is to tap into the book industry's "rich tradition of metadata.
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  • Google also looks at what Gray referred to as "market signals:" how often a book has been reprinted, web searches, recent book sales, the number of libraries that hold the book, etc.
  • 2. Create quality content outside the book
  • 1. Use descriptive titles and chapter headings
  • 3 best practices for getting Google to notice your book
  • 3. Book covers matter
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    With the opening of the Google Bookstore, it's time for publishers to start thinking about search engine optimization (SEO)
Derik Dupont

'Washington Post' Integrates Facebook into Its Site - 0 views

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    Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - Editor & Publisher provides newspaper industry headlines covering emerging and important news.
arnie Grossblatt

Why Publishers Don't Like Apps - Technology Review - 3 views

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    Publishers disillusioned with purpose built mobile apps look to web technologies and HTML5
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