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Debbie Bezanson

Michael S. Hart - Gutenberg - 2 views

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    Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg died yesterday.
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    Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg died yesterday.
arnie Grossblatt

if:book: saving scholarly publishing and saving civilization - 0 views

  • Michael Jensen, the always-ahead-of-the-curve Director of the National Academies Press gave a stunningly original speech at the recent AAUP (American Association of University Presses) which, in his words, "allowed me to talk about the two issues that matter most to me: saving scholarly publishing, and saving civilization. In 16 minutes."
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    Our own Michael Jensen and his more recent presentation at AAUP is discussed
Matt Mayer

Michael Healy Joining Copyright Clearance Center - 0 views

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    With the Google Book Settlement all but dead, another sign that the market is moving on: This morning, the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) confirmed that Michael Healy, the former executive director (designate) for the Google Settlement's proposed Book Rights Registry, is joining CCC and will start in October in the newly created post of executive director, Author and Publisher Relations.
Tracy Pastian

Some Papers in Financial Trouble Are Leaving the A.P. to Cut Costs - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Article about papers leaving AP, as Michael mentioned in class yesterday for industry news.
Melissa Dahne

6 Lessons One Campus Learned About E-Textbooks - Chronicle.com - 0 views

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    . Kevin Green, a junior, loved the e-book required in his business-marketing class this spring. "But if it was an accounting course," he said, "I would kind of want a printed textbook because it's got all the numbers" and equations that would be harder to manage electronically. His instructor, Michael J. Wilson, an associate professor of accounting, economics, and finance, said the one problem they had with the e-book in the marketing course was when students needed to refer to a dense table of numbers in the bac
Derik Dupont

AOL's Tim Armstrong: The Power of Local Journalism - Forward Thinking by Michael J. Miller - 0 views

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    Tim Armstrong , CEO of AOL, said he believes the next phase of the Internet is about content. And he told the audience at D8 that AOL is working on the "future of journalism." " lang="en-us
Mark Schreiber

The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet - 0 views

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    By Chris Anderson & Michael Wolff
Derik Dupont

E-Reader Sales Expected to Be Big This Holiday - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    Interesting article. I don't really agree with this statement: Maybe too much, said Michael Norris, a senior analyst for Simba Information. "I don't think that the U.S. market can support 50 or 60 e-readers," he said, adding that he had lost count of all the current models. The market can support it; it gives people more options, but it'll just turn into a matter of what device addresses/achieves all of the needs of the consumer. Like the model Arnie went over in class, it's like a bell curve of technological advances that we want/would like, slowly get, but that eventually ends up swamping us. We start out wanting a and b, then c, d, and e are added, which we like. By the time it hits m, n, o, and p, we're overwhelmed.
arnie Grossblatt

How to Use Free to Drive Your Marketing Strategy | Michael Hyatt - 2 views

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    Some very practical advice from a publisher on how to  use free.
Ryan Holman

The iPhone is the ultimate kid-pacification device. - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine - 0 views

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    Possibly a new in-road for those looking to do e-publishing for the iPhone or similar platforms?
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