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eInk: A Possible Future for Paper - O'Reilly Radar - 0 views

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But there will be a point--and I believe in our lifetime--when we'll see the demise of the traditional print newspaper
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But paper can easily be replaced--and the factor that will drive this is simple economics.
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arnie Grossblatt on 09 Oct 08

How the economics of print production will drive the demise of print from the R&D labs of the NY Times.

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Economically Healthy 'Daily Planet' Now Most Unrealistic Part Of Superman Universe | Th... - 4 views

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Humor newspapers

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Bob Johnson on 11 Jul 12

Is Dennis Johnson their EIC? Sound Like a good gig for him.

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Scholarly Communications @ Duke » The economics of open access - 0 views

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open access journals

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Publishing - Freakonomics - 0 views

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books freakonomics publishing

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arnie Grossblatt on 19 Sep 08

Short pieces on the economics of publishing from the authors of the best-seller Freakonomics. This page lists all their articles tagged as "pubishing"

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Condé Nast: Men's Vogue to be absorbed into Vogue - MarketWatch - 0 views

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publishing budget cuts

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Kristen Spina on 30 Oct 08

Our boss sent us this article. It shows the impact of the economic crises on the publishing industry. Pretty depressing for us!

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Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses - 0 views

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business models publishing University presses

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Debbie Bezanson on 17 Mar 11

A Report of the AAUP Task Force on Economic Models for Scholarly Publishing

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

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e-textbooks education

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Melissa Dahne on 11 Jun 09

. 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

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">. 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</div>

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London School of Economics: piracy isn't killing big content; government needs to be sk... - 0 views

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copyright piracy

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arnie Grossblatt on 05 Oct 13

Claims of damage from IP piracy are overstated according to a study by the LSE,

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Web 2.0 is so over. Welcome to Web 3.0 - Jan. 8, 2009 - 0 views

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2.0 social networking economics

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Paul Riccardi on 24 Jan 09

Speaking of Web 2.0, this article takes an interesting viewpoint. While these sites have changed the way we communicate, they're not exactly raking in the money for their owners.

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

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copyright e-publishing Amazon Kindle business model

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 16 Dec 09 - Cached

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.
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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.
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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.
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The book industry is gonna get Napstered if it forces Amazon to raise e-book prices. - ... - 0 views

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pubishers ebooks Amazon business model

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 17 Jul 09 - Cached

Right now, the electronic-book market finds itself roughly in the same place the market for MP3s was in 1999, the year after the release of the first portable MP3 player.
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But that could change in a matter of months if the book industry insists on 1) jacking up the price of e-books and 2) withholding potential best-sellers from the e-book market.
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"Publishers are in denial about the economics of digital content,"
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Does the book industry want to join the digital flow, the way the TV industry has with Hulu and TV.com? Or by its obstruction does it intend to encourage the establishment of a Bookster?
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Index on Censorship » Blog Archive » Are privacy injunctions a necessary e... - 0 views

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publishing; privacy

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eileencavanagh on 29 Jun 11

The issues of privacy, free speech and a feral press divided the panel at the Index on Censorship debate at the London School of Economics on Tuesday evening. Chaired by Index on Censorship editor Jo Glanville (right), the event celebrated the launch of the new issue of Index on Censorship magazine, Privacy is dead!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The issues of privacy, free speech and a feral press divided the panel at the Index on Censorship debate at the London School of Economics on Tuesday evening. Chaired by Index on Censorship editor Jo Glanville (right), the event celebrated the launch of the new issue of Index on Censorship magazine, Privacy is dead!</div>

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