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arnie Grossblatt

if:book: a unified field theory of publishing in the networked era - 0 views

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    Strikes me as a very intresting idea and a new take on publishers' value-add. This could also be something that publishers could monetize - think of what Scholastic could have done surrounding the Harry Potter series had they been more proactive.
Allison Begezda

Book Review - 'Googled - The End of the World as We Know It,' by Ken Auletta - Review -... - 0 views

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    Ken Auletta's book "Googled: The End of the World as We Know It" examines the impact of Google and questions what value it adds to society.
arnie Grossblatt

Amazon Rewrites the Rules of Book Publishing - 3 views

  • He pointed out, though, that the landscape was in some ways changing for the first time since Gutenberg invented the modern book nearly 600 years ago. “The only really necessary people in the publishing process now are the writer and reader,” he said. “Everyone who stands between those two has both risk and opportunity.”
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    Amazon move one step deeper in the territory of publishers. Publishers should be very very scared, as they rethink their value-add for authors.
kaysha johnston

New books jump off the page with digital enhancements - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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    An interesting way to enhance books for children. Also brings up the interesting issues of the whether or not the add-ons will have value over time, as they may not last forever and that the book must be able strong enough to stand on it's own over time.
arnie Grossblatt

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

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