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Will the Book Survive Generation Text? - 1 views

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shared by arnie Grossblatt on 03 Sep 10 - Cached

This shift, of course, plays into the problem, since any shrewd publishing type can see how the paper book's demise might make it easier to digitally trim, abridge, and repackage texts in more "appealing" forms than their benighted authors envisaged.
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A useful text with which to muse on this subject is Robert Darnton's The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future (PublicAffairs, 2009).
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arnie Grossblatt on 03 Sep 10

A reflection on threats to sustained, immersive reading and the culture that produces it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A reflection on threats to sustained, immersive reading and the culture that produces it.</div>

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Time Inc.'s Mine Magazine is a Printed RSS Feed | Sustainability | Fast Company - 0 views

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2 New Digital Models Promise Academic Publishing for Profit - Chronicle.com - 0 views

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shared by arnie Grossblatt on 02 Oct 08 - Cached

"What I believe—and this is what we're putting to the test—is that as you're putting something online free of charge, you may lose a few sales, but you'll gain other sales because more people will know about it," said Frances Pinter, Bloomsbury Academic's publisher.
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She would like Bloomsbury Academic to demonstrate that publishers can add editorial value to scholarship without having to choose between locking it down or giving it all away.
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arnie Grossblatt on 02 Oct 08

Free and shared cost models for academic publishing. Cites other organizations that, like NAP, have sustainable models with free content.

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Death Of Old Media Exaggerated, They Have At Least Five Years Left | paidContent.org - 0 views

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shared by Michael Jensen on 20 Oct 08 - Cached

Michael Jensen on 20 Oct 08

PriceWaterhouseCooper: "One of the things we need to get into context here is that traditional media isn't dead yet and won't be for the next five years. It's very important to think why. The over-50s are helping to sustain traditional media, and also in many of the emerging markets there is still plenty of room for traditional media. The death of traditional media is exaggerated, at least in a five-year context."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">PriceWaterhouseCooper: "One of the things we need to get into context here is that traditional media isn't dead yet and won't be for the next five years. It's very important to think why. The over-50s are helping to sustain traditional media, and also in many of the emerging markets there is still plenty of room for traditional media. The death of traditional media is exaggerated, at least in a five-year context." </div>

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Open Source Textbooks Challenge a Paradigm | Epicenter from Wired.com - 0 views

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shared by arnie Grossblatt on 11 Sep 08 - Cached

arnie Grossblatt on 11 Sep 08

Students hate textbook publishers; textbook publishers hate that students resell, reuse, and download copies of their texts. Is there a middle ground, a sustainable business model where all parties have a sense of fairness?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Students hate textbook publishers; textbook publishers hate that students resell, reuse, and download copies of their texts. Is there a middle ground, a sustainable business model where all parties have a sense of fairness?</div>

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Are eReaders Really Green? - 3 views

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shared by arnie Grossblatt on 09 May 12 - No Cached

arnie Grossblatt on 09 May 12

Analysis of the environmental impact of e-readers.

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

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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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Reading Dickens Four Ways - 0 views

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shared by arnie Grossblatt on 12 Jun 09 - Cached

I'm not gloomy, though. We will still find our way to quality.
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I love books as much as anybody. But I love reading more. It is the sustained and individual encounter with ideas and stories that is so bewitching. If new formats allow us to have more of those, let us welcome and learn from them.
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arnie Grossblatt on 12 Jun 09

A book lover recounts the experience of reading a single book on paper, on an iPhone, a Kindle and by listening to the audiobook version.

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

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shared by arnie Grossblatt on 21 Jul 09 - Cached

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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arnie Grossblatt on 21 Jul 09

Our own Michael Jensen and his more recent presentation at AAUP is discussed

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