How do you keep a print book relevant in a rapidly changing technology domain? Continuous publishing is one possibility, supported in O'Reilly Press' Live Editions.
See the comments for some interesting discussion with the authors of the first Live Edition book.
Tim O'Reilly and others have called for codes of conduct in the blogosphere, and this is some of what that call has yielded. My problem with it, however, is that it seems to be very, very general -- which is a great starting point, but individual blogs may have other things come up.
Internet piracy versus rightsholders square off again in proposing a new addition to DMCA - the Protect IP act (PIPA), blacklisting "rogue sites" and holding Internet Service Providers responsible to block access to these sites. O'Reilly has stepped up in favor of Silicon Valley.
Tim O'Reilly presents this webcast on digital bookmaking. I thought this would be fun for us pubies (new publishers). Its a perfect segway into our Monday class discussion.
I might take a listen b/c this definitely interests.
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).