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Derik Dupont

Magazines Team Up to Tout 'Power of Print' - WSJ.com - 0 views

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    Last year, magazine executives spent much of their time detailing how they planned to take their brands digital. Now,five major magazines are teaming up on a multimillion-dollar campaign touting the 'power of print.' " />
Ryan Holman

Post Tech - Up next in News Corp. paid-news strategy: e-Reader, Fox - 0 views

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    Attempt to rethink the newspaper business model
arnie Grossblatt

Timeliness in mind, Princeton press plans to roll out new book in e-chapters | Inside H... - 1 views

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    Clever approach to marketing an e-book
arnie Grossblatt

What Is a Career in Publishing? Recruiting the Talent We Need for the 21st Ce... - 6 views

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    This is few months old, but still a worthwhile read on the state of the job market and planning for a career in publishing.
arnie Grossblatt

Will publishers back the new iPad? - 3 views

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    PayPal comments on Apple's pricing plans for iPad books.
Kori Kamradt

Harper Closing Collins; Other Layoffs Planned   - 2/10/2009 8:27:00 AM - Publ... - 0 views

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    HarperCollins announced this morning that it is closing its Collins division and integrating its operations within different businesses in the General Books Group. As a result, Steve Ross, president and publisher of Collins, and Lisa Gallagher, senior v-p, and publisher of William Morrow, are leaving the company. In addition to closing Collins, CEO Brian Murray issued a memo today saying that despite efforts to avoid layoffs, a reduction in the workforce will be necessary.
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.
Mark Schreiber

Time Moves to Limit Free Content Online - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • “I think we’ll see what works and doesn’t work,” Mr. Stengel said in an interview by phone. “We’ll adapt and change. We’re in the hunt like everyone else to figure this out.”
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      This is an action without a plan.
  • “I think we’ll see what works and doesn’t work,” Mr. Stengel said in an interview by phone. “We’ll adapt and change. We’re in the hunt like everyone else to figure this out.”
  • “We kind of wanted to draw a line in the sand,” he said. “We want to remain a vigorous and important part of the conversation. There are some things that are necessary to be part of that. But we will experiment.”
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  • Time has decided to dive headfirst into an issue that has bedeviled many a news organization before it: how to cure online readers of their addiction to free content.
Kat Rodenhizer

Top-Tier Open Access Journal Arrives with Fanfare, Few Details « The Scholarl... - 0 views

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    New Open Access Journal announced with no clear business model, but plans to tackle some of the ethical issues in STM publishing.
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