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arnie Grossblatt

A New Take on the "Pocket Reference" -- Public Beta of new O'Reilly Mobile HTML App - O... - 1 views

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publishing ebook reference mobile appication

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 25 Aug 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 25 Aug 10
     
    Interesting view of adapting reference publications to mobile platforms.  Should be on interest to students in PSPB 255!
arnie Grossblatt

The Newspaper of the Future - 0 views

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newspapers publishers

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 28 Oct 08 - Cached
  • It is now clear that it is as disruptive to today's newspapers as Gutenberg's invention of movable type was to the town criers, the journalists of the 15th century.
  • The Internet wrecks the old newspaper business model in two ways. It moves information with zero variable cost, which means it has no barriers to growth, unlike a newspaper, which has to pay for paper, ink and transportation in direct proportion to the number of copies produced.
  • And the Internet's entry costs are low.
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  • These cost advantages make it feasible to make a business out of highly specialized information, a trend that was under way well before the Internet.
  • specialized media had been enjoying more growth than general media.
  • A metropolitan newspaper became a mosaic of narrowly targeted content items. Few read the entire paper, but many read the parts that appealed to their specialized interests
  • Sending everything to everybody was a response to the Industrial Revolution, which rewarded economies of scale
  • Newspapers "keep offering an all-you-can-eat buffet of content, and keep diminishing the quality of that content because their budgets are continually thinner," he said. "This is an absurd choice because the audience least interested in news has already abandoned the newspaper."
  • The newspapers that survive will probably do so with some kind of hybrid content: analysis, interpretation and investigative reporting in a print product that appears less than daily, combined with constant updating and reader interaction on the Web.
  • But the time for launching this strategy is growing short if it has not already passed. The most powerful feature of the Internet is that it encourages low-cost innovation, and anyone can play
  • Clayton Christensen has noted, the very qualities that made companies succeed can be disabling when applied to disruptive innovation. Successful disruption requires risk taking and fresh thinking.
  • One of the rules of thumb for coping with substitute technology is to narrow your focus to the area that is the least vulnerable to substitution.
  • What service supplied by newspapers is the least vulnerable?
  • I still believe that a newspaper's most important product, the product least vulnerable to substitution, is community influence
  • The raw material for this processing is evidence-based journalism, something that bloggers are not good at originating.
  • Newspapers might have a chance if they can meet that need by holding on to the kind of content that gives them their natural community influence. To keep the resources for doing that, they will have to jettison the frivolous items in the content buffet.
  • But it won't be a worthwhile possibility unless the news-paper endgame concentrates on retaining newspapers' core of trust and responsibility
  • arnie Grossblatt on 28 Oct 08
     
    Argues that newspapers will need to get smaller and more focused on establishing trust-based influence. Interesting.
Kristen Reynolds

Publishing Frontier » Blog Archive » the Kindle and the iPhone dance - 0 views

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iphone kindle technology

shared by Kristen Reynolds on 10 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Kristen Reynolds on 10 Sep 08
     
    I found this article interesting because I think the e-reader debate can be made in terms of the different technologies. And something to consider for any of you interested in purchasing one or the other.
Ryan Holman

What Will Prepare Us for Web 3.0? - 0 views

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web 3.0 web 2.0 speculation new media

shared by Ryan Holman on 20 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Ryan Holman on 20 Oct 09
     
    Found this interesting, if for no other reason than as proof that the world at large is thinking about the implications of moving even past Web 2.0 and on to Web 3.0 (My apologies -- while I have referenced the article as translated by Babelfish, the original article is in French so the English may be a bit choppy; the ideas seem to remain intact, however, and the author's speculations about the future of the Web are interesting). Original link, for those who read French: http://pro.01net.com/editorial/506930/que-nous-prepare-le-web-3-0/
Kristen Reynolds

8 Simple Tools for Better Bookmarking - Webmonkey - 0 views

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bookmarking del.ic.ious diigo ma.gnolia social

shared by Kristen Reynolds on 18 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Kristen Reynolds on 18 Sep 08
     
    An interesting comparison between various social bookmarking sites
  • arnie Grossblatt on 18 Sep 08
     
    Diigo wins in this evaluation. I'll be interested in the group feedback at the end of the course
arnie Grossblatt

Markets Declare Truce in Copyright Wars - WSJ.com - 0 views

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copyright google e-publishing books publishers

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 17 Nov 08 - Cached
  • But content owners also belatedly realize that simply suing consumers who find new, convenient ways to access content online is not as good as finding new business models to profit from customer interest that technology makes possible.
  • his shift by Google led Peter Osnos, founder of PublicAffairs books, to wonder if the book settlement could have lessons for other owners of content. "Google has now conceded, with a very large payment, that information is not free," Mr. Osnos wrote for the Century Foundation. "This leads to an obvious, critical question: Why aren't newspapers and news magazines demanding payment for use of their stories on Google and other search engines? Why are they not getting a significant slice of the advertising revenues generated by use of their stories via Google?"
  • arnie Grossblatt on 17 Nov 08
     
    More on the Google-AAP settlement. Key take-away ""But content owners also belatedly realize that simply suing consumers who find new, convenient ways to access content online is not as good as finding new business models to profit from customer interest that technology makes possible."
arnie Grossblatt

Surviving Battle With Amazon, Entrepreneur Picks New Fight - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...repreneur-picks-new-fight.html

bookstores Amazon business model

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 05 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 05 Sep 14
     
    Interesting story of business model evolution for college textbook rentals. 
  • arnie Grossblatt on 06 Nov 14
     
    Interesting story of business model evolution for college textbook rentals. 
Meghan Krank-McLean

Could Kickstarter Help To Replace The Book Publishers? - Forbes - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...to-replace-the-book-publishers

shared by Meghan Krank-McLean on 26 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Meghan Krank-McLean on 26 Sep 12
     
    I find this interesting, as the company I work for is currently hosting a Kickstarter,
Matt Mayer

Making LinkedIn More Accessible | Official LinkedIn Blog - 0 views

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Accessibility

shared by Matt Mayer on 21 May 13 - No Cached
  • Matt Mayer on 21 May 13
     
    With the Ethics in Publishing conference coming up, this might be interesting to see more of, high profile social networking sites making an effort to increase their own accessibility.  
Ryan Holman

POD for high school yearbooks? - 1 views

www.slate.com/...nts_and_schools_big_money.html

short-run printing yearbooks print on demand

shared by Ryan Holman on 29 May 13 - No Cached
  • Ryan Holman on 29 May 13
     
    Article in Slate about POD and the ways in which it can help the yearbook business, which has some really interesting parameters to follow as a short-run publication....
Ryan Holman

Would you pay to browse in a real bookstore? - 0 views

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books bookseller amazon showroom

shared by Ryan Holman on 12 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Ryan Holman on 12 Feb 13
     
    Chapter 1: You stumble upon an interesting book at your neighborhood bookstore. Chapter 2: You go home and order it from Amazon for half as much. Chapter 9: Your favorite bookstore is bankrupt.
arnie Grossblatt

Will Textbook of Future Be a Mac -- or a PC? t - 2 views

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textbooks education

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 30 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 30 Apr 12
     
    Interest in the digital future of textbook publishing picks up.
arnie Grossblatt

Saving The Pop-Up Book - 2 views

andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/...saving-the-pop-up-book.html

hybrid publications e-book print

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 05 May 12 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 05 May 12
     
    Interesting mix of print and e-publication.
Kristen Iovino

J: Save the Libraries. Cut University Funding Instead. - 1 views

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shared by Kristen Iovino on 19 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Kristen Iovino on 19 Feb 12
     
    Save the Libraries. Cut University Funding Instead. - Interesting argument
Ryan Holman

Rockville MD's Colorlab finds future in film preservation as firms go digital - 0 views

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archive colorlab film digital divide digital

shared by Ryan Holman on 05 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Ryan Holman on 05 Sep 12
     
    Interesting look at how there are new niches in old technologies formed as the demand for archiving increases but the technologies that formed the originals fall out of popular use.
arnie Grossblatt

Book: A Futurist's Manifesto | Just another PressBooks site - 4 views

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e-books publishiing

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 01 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 01 Dec 11
     
    A very interesting collection of essays on the future of the book and publishing.  Free to read online and available in print from O'Reilly.
kaysha johnston

21st-century publishing builds on a healthy radical tradition | Books | The Observer - 0 views

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publishing builds radical books ebook reader publishers

shared by kaysha johnston on 20 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • kaysha johnston on 20 Dec 11
     
    INteresting ways in which publishers are trying to stay relevant.
arnie Grossblatt

Publishers Gild Books With 'Special Effects' to Compete With E-Books - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...s-to-compete-with-e-books.html

Design books ebooks

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 04 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 04 Dec 11
     
    Renewed interest in creating beautiful books as a response to ereaders.
arnie Grossblatt

Can't Live Without Us, Says Publisher. Can Too, Says Konrath | Publishing In the 21st C... - 1 views

ereads.com/...sher-can-too-says-konrath.html

self-publishing publishers

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 14 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 14 Dec 11
     
    Interesting debate on the value of trade publishers in the digital era.
Matt Mayer

Live from Apple's education event! -- Engadget - 0 views

www.engadget.com/...ve-from-apples-education-event

shared by Matt Mayer on 19 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Matt Mayer on 19 Jan 12
     
    Here's the Apple Education event live blog from Engadget.  There's some big news regarding iBooks 2 and Apple's vision of the future for textbooks. Interesting stuff!
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