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Possible generation-gap-type issues for digital educational publishing for colleges: "Today, the college assumes all students not only have computer skills but a plethora of high-tech devices and services. The class schedule and registration procedure is entirely online-even if you're in the registrar's office....In the first class, the professor handed out her e-mail address and the URL where the syllabus could be found--instead of her office phone number and a copy of the syllabus. Unfortunately, the college sites are full of graphics and animations and download very slowly on my dial-up connection. (Even if I could afford a broadband connection, my ISP doesn't provide it in my area.)" "At least one exercise in each chapter requires accessing the publisher's textbook Web site. Many of these exercises could just as easily be put on the computer disk also sold-at an increased profit (I used to work for a textbook-preparation company)-with the text....Again, a dial-up connection won't download the videos. The audio files are .mp3; I can't open them, don't have the skill to know what program I need, and have no access to free technical support....So once every chapter I head for either the heavily used public library or the equally heavily used computer lab in the college's suburban learning center (branch campus)--and hope that a computer is available."

Here's more info about one of the "Deep Web" search engines I spoke about in my presentation. Deep Dyve just released some new search tools that publishers may consider using to increase their web presence.

As online publishers look to increase ad revenue, readers look to ways of removing ad clutter and a better reading experience.

Getting in shape for a changing job market.

New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. plans to start charging readers for access to more than an as-yet-undetermined number of articles per month

Magazines and technology pros shared new advice just weeks before the iPad arrives but months into publishers' period of great expectations for the device.

The always interesting and worthwhile Cory Doctorow on what limits on Net Neutrality could mean for writers and publishers. \n

The fabulous online comic xkcd is coming out in a print format book. Tag line could be "Publishers? We don't need no stinking publishiers!"

As the newspaper wraps up its assessment of the benefits and risks of restricting access to news on the Web, it is nearing a decision to charge its core online readers. " />

By providing links to other sites, newspaper publishers are creating an added benefit to readers: filtering the web.

Rival magazine companies are discussing teaming up to build an ad network that would sell targeted ad space across many of the industry's web sites.

Web traffic only gets publishers so far in their quest for digital ad dollars. After a certain point, actually, traffic may not even matter.

Google may soon become the primary source of e-books on the Web sites of hundreds of independent booksellers.

Don't let the math stop you from reading this story about the role of web-mediated collaboration. This is Gutenberg 2.0.

A survey conducted by the Columbia Journalism Review found that magazines' Web sites reflect a trade-off of standards for online speed.

Nielsen: Users Won't Pay For Web Sites - 02/17/2010

Told ya

CNN.com is investing in Outside.In, a start-up that feeds neighborhood blogs and other local news to the Web sites of larger media outlets." />