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arnie Grossblatt

Debate Over P vs. NP Proof Highlights Web Collaboration - 1 views

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publishing collaboration mathematics computer science

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 17 Aug 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 17 Aug 10
     
    Don't let the math stop you from reading this story about the role of web-mediated collaboration. This is Gutenberg 2.0.
Ryan Holman

The Wrong Stuff : This Interview Is A Stub: Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger on Being ... - 1 views

www.slate.com/...rry-sanger-on-being-wrong.aspx

wikipedia democratization of content amateurs vs experts model web 2.0 slate

shared by Ryan Holman on 30 Jul 10 - Cached
  • Ryan Holman on 30 Jul 10
     
    Really interesting interview about Wikipedia and the democratization of content.
arnie Grossblatt

Reading in a Whole New Way - 1 views

www.smithsonianmag.com/...eading-in-a-Whole-New-Way.html

reading e-readers e-books books. Gutenberg priint

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 26 Jul 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 26 Jul 10
     
    Kevin Kelly on how screen reading is changing the act of reading and transforming readers.
arnie Grossblatt

As E-Books Gain, Barnes and Noble Tries to Stay Ahead - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...12bookstore.html

ebook reader publishing books ebooks Barnes & Noble

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 12 Aug 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 12 Aug 10
     
    How the rise of ebook sales is changing the game for book stores, particularly Barnes & Noble.
Mark Schreiber

The Network Neutrality Debate: It All Depends on What You Fear - 0 views

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net neutrality

shared by Mark Schreiber on 31 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Mark Schreiber on 31 Aug 10
     
    "How do you think they're going to get to customers? Through a broadband pipe. Cable companies have them. We have them. Now what they would like to do is use my pipes free, but I ain't going to let them do that because we have spent this capital and we have to have a return on it. So there's going to have to be some mechanism for these people who use these pipes to pay for the portion they're using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes? "The Internet can't be free in that sense, because we and the cable companies have made an investment and for a Google or Yahoo! or Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes [for] free is nuts!" - Edward Whitacre, Jr., CEO of the telephone company SBC (commenting on Google in 2005)
Mark Schreiber

Google Denies Selling Out On Net Neutrality - 0 views

www.dslreports.com/...g-Out-On-Net-Neutrality-109760

Net Neutrality

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  • Mark Schreiber on 05 Aug 10
     
    "Verizon is blogging that their closed-door ten month negotiations with Google are about 'openness and accountability.' Isn't that an oxymoron? "What does appear to be happening here is Verizon and Google are trying to protect revenues by crafting voluntary, self-regulatory rules that will pre-empt tougher government rules."
arnie Grossblatt

Is Print Dead? (Infographic) - 2 views

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publishing print disruption books newspapers

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 17 Sep 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 17 Sep 10
     
    Some stats on the state of print.
arnie Grossblatt

Nearly 1,000 additional O'Reilly and Microsoft Press ebooks now available in Kindle Sto... - 3 views

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e-books business model Kindle DRM

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 23 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 23 Sep 10
     
    The number of tech titles available on Kindle gets a big bump. But the market is still broken in many respects.  Read about the difficulties in formatting for Kindle and the inability to get publisher updates through Amazon (or Apple for EPUB books).
arnie Grossblatt

Net Neutrality Talks Are a Struggle for What We Already Have - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...04nocera.html

publishing net neutrality

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 04 Sep 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 04 Sep 10
     
    Seems like it should be a simple issue, but complications are growing and the threat to to the Internet as we know it is on the rise.
arnie Grossblatt

Ebooks Don't Cannibalize Print, People Do - 2 views

www.blackplasticglasses.com/...9t-cannibalize-print-people-do

ebooks cannibalize publishing ebook reader books

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 03 Oct 10 - No Cached
Brian Suszek liked it
  • The most important lesson I can convey to book publishing professionals is that they must understand that those of us who have made the transition to ebooks, buy ebooks, not print books. Ebook reading device users don’t shop in bookstores and then decide what edition they want; ebook device readers buy what is available in ebookstores. Search an ebookstore for a title and if it doesn’t come up, it doesn’t exist – no matter how many versions are available in print
  • arnie Grossblatt on 03 Oct 10
     
    Publishers need to recognize that readers are shifting to ereading, and for this group if it's not in e-book format it doesn't exist.
Natalie Barnes

Publishr: Declaration of rights for the author - 0 views

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rights authors publishers

shared by Natalie Barnes on 02 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • rights hoarding is as damaging as market hoarding in any other business. His solution is a three-year renewal contract
  • but since the Publishng project exists more in the world of R&D, I’d like to suggest something even more shocking: Think licensing. Not selling.
  • Natalie Barnes on 02 Oct 10
     
    Brian Joseph Davis suggests a new style of author contract.
arnie Grossblatt

In Digital Age, Students Still Cling to Paper Textbooks - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...20textbooks.html

textbooks e-publishing print education pricing

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 20 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Though the world of print is receding before a tide of digital books, blogs and other Web sites, a generation of college students weaned on technology appears to be holding fast to traditional textbooks.
  • According to the National Association of College Stores, digital books make up just under 3 percent of textbook sales, although the association expects that share to grow to 10 percent to 15 percent by 2012 as more titles are made available as e-books.
  • three-quarters of the students surveyed said they still preferred a bound book to a digital version.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • The expense of college textbooks, which is estimated to have risen four times the inflation rate in recent years, has become such a concern that some politicians are taking up the cause.
Liz Rich

Publishers' crazy e-book prices - Dan Gillmor - Salon.com - 0 views

www.salon.com/...index.html

shared by Liz Rich on 07 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • drawbacks to e-books, at least the way Amazon and Apple sell them. They don't really sell e-books; they merely let me read them, and in the process remove my rights
  • But there are major
  • to do what I want with what I've purchased
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  • The ability to give away or sell a used book is called the “First Sale Doctrine” in copyright law. But by sending me a digital file and tethering that file to a specific device, Amazon and the publishers have removed my right to transfer it, and thereby destroyed a portion of the book's value. By all rights they should offer me a better price, considerably better, than the hardcover (or, for that matter, softcover) edition. Is a few hours' worth of portability worth everything else I lose?
arnie Grossblatt

Picture Books Languish as Parents Push 'Big-Kid Books' - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...08picture.html

books children's literatture publishing publishers

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 08 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Now Laurence is 6 ½, and while he regularly tackles 80-page chapter books, he is still a “reluctant reader,” Ms. Gignac said. Sometimes, she said, he tries to go back to picture books. “He would still read picture books now if we let him, because he doesn’t want to work to read,” she said, adding that she and her husband have kept him reading chapter books.
  • arnie Grossblatt on 08 Oct 10
     
    Something pretty sad about this trend.  The comments section make for an interesting read - a lot energy released here.
arnie Grossblatt

Re-imagining the future of the university press - 2 views

www.journalofelectronicpublishing.org

academic openaccess epublishing journals web 2.0 university presses

shared by arnie Grossblatt on 22 Nov 10 - Cached
  • arnie Grossblatt on 22 Nov 10
     
    This issue of the Journal of Electronic Publishing is devoted to the future of university presses.
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