GW ePublishing

Never really heard of this until I saw the topic listing for our assignment. But the theory behind sounds great. The implementation so far, not so much.

Long before anyone had heard of the Internet, early home computer users could read their morning newspapers online ... sort of. Steve Newman's 1981 story was...

The future was NOW! Brought to you by Rob Arthur---owns home computer.

This is classic! I like the "electronic journalism" term that was used to describe their methods. If only the journalism industry knew what was coming . . . the guy saying "we're not in it to make much money" -* the newspaper delivery guy "not worried about losing his job" shakes my head*. Oh, and I own a home computer too - lol.

This article discusses the problems with e-book pricing and DRM. Something to think about!

I realize this is a few months old, but it's still a great read, albeit lengthy, on the demise of traditional publishing.

That was a good article. I came across this interesting response to it from a media business blogger, who says pay attention to the part about HarperCollins' new efforts. http://industry.bnet.com/media/1000315/the-end-of-publishing-or-its-rebirth/

Are comics as we know them on a death march?

The title says it all. Boo!

It sure does! That is not good news.

Wikipedia users can now edit and improve a Wikipedia book on the online encyclopedia. Read this blog post by Don Reisinger on Webware.

For those in last night's Copyright Law class, here's a NYT article akin to what we spoke about last night regarding copyrighting/patenting food. This is a couple of years old, but . . .

Profile of a tiny publishing operation in Alexandria.

Remember that Radiohead experiment back in 2007, the one where they allowed free downloads of their latest album and asked listeners to pay what they felt was fair? Some say it was successful and others beg to disagree. Assuming Amazon...

I think that the debates over owning vs. subscribing, pricing vs. donating, supporting vs. freeloading are some of the most interesting aspects of the move to digital distribution. Would this work for Amazon? I think it was generally considered a success for Radiohead. I know I "bought" a copy.

Several comics and graphic novel companies announced layoffs and cutbacks, among them Diamond Comics Distributors, DC Comics and California comics publisher Top Cow.

I thought comics/graphic novels were one corner of the print industry that was holding steady. Maybe not?

Google will include magazine content in its Book Search--but what will magazine publishers get out of it?

The editor of The Atlantic outlines what he thinks will happen to good journalism and good journalists in a post-print world.