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Issues in Publishing: 02/01/2009 - 03/01/2009
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Saturday, February 28, 2009. Contrarian view on DRM. At the recent Tools of Change conference. The idea that publishers should protect their electronic products through the use of DRM (digital rights management encryption) was universally poo-poo'd. Speaker after speaker got up and put down the practice. Blogger Cory Doctorow. Had the most popular quote of the conference, " If content is a river, DRM. Is a urinary tract infection, delivering the flow in a painful drip". Links to this post. I am the found...
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Issues in Publishing: 03/01/2009 - 04/01/2009
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Monday, March 02, 2009. Farewell to a Friend. As reported by Michael Cairns. And others in the blogosphere, it is with great sadness that I report the passing of Stanley Greenfield. Michael's blog. Has a biography of Stanley, and information on where to send cards and condolences. The picture above was taken last April. I reported on this blog. Last December that he was hospitalized. He claimed at the time that it was an incorrect mixing of medications that was causing his maladies. Links to this post.
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Issues in Publishing: 06/01/2011 - 07/01/2011
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Monday, June 20, 2011. Learn to be a Reader Again. Last week, Don Linn, wrote a couple of very practical blog posts entitled " What Men (and Women) Talk About When They Talk About Publishing. In those posts, Don advises how best to focus management attention and move organizations forward during these early days of ebooks. 1 Understand the Consumer's experience. 2 Become at least as "tech savvy" as your readers. 3 Where ever your titles or discussions of your titles can be found, you should be there.
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Issues in Publishing: Learn to be a Reader Again
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Monday, June 20, 2011. Learn to be a Reader Again. Last week, Don Linn, wrote a couple of very practical blog posts entitled " What Men (and Women) Talk About When They Talk About Publishing. In those posts, Don advises how best to focus management attention and move organizations forward during these early days of ebooks. 1 Understand the Consumer's experience. 2 Become at least as "tech savvy" as your readers. 3 Where ever your titles or discussions of your titles can be found, you should be there.
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Issues in Publishing: 01/01/2010 - 02/01/2010
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Many of you who know me know, I’m rather proud of my twin sons for their participation in Karate. This email came in over the weekend, and I found it quite inspiring:. Dear Dojo Family,. It's only been a couple of weeks since so many people gave themselves to long, sweaty, dusty hours to make our new dojo a reality. But already, circumstances have moved me to ask you all to mobilize yourselves to an even more profound undertaking. In addition to providing thousands of pounds of...
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Issues in Publishing: Ebook Files and Metadata need to travel together
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Thursday, April 14, 2011. Ebook Files and Metadata need to travel together. At the London Book Fair this week, I found myself talking to several publishers about the topic of ebook content distribution and metadata distribution. On at least four occasions I repeated: "I don't care who does it, but the same company that distributes your files, should distribute your ebook metadata". 1 The ebook supply chain is fundamentally different than the print book supply chain. Good luck out there. Excellent post...
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Issues in Publishing: 04/01/2012 - 05/01/2012
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Monday, April 30, 2012. The Book Industry is Dead, Long Live the Book Customer. Microsoft's partnership with Barnes and Noble is probably welcome news in many publishers boardrooms. After all, this represents the hope that someone can loosen Amazon's grip on reading public and hence loosen the grip on those that supply that content. But does anyone really think that Microsoft is getting into the book game because they care about books? Fast forward a few years and now our hand held devices (phones and ta...
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Issues in Publishing: 04/01/2011 - 05/01/2011
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Thursday, April 14, 2011. Ebook Files and Metadata need to travel together. At the London Book Fair this week, I found myself talking to several publishers about the topic of ebook content distribution and metadata distribution. On at least four occasions I repeated: "I don't care who does it, but the same company that distributes your files, should distribute your ebook metadata". 1 The ebook supply chain is fundamentally different than the print book supply chain. Good luck out there. Links to this post.
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Issues in Publishing: The Book Industry is Dead, Long Live the Book Customer
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Monday, April 30, 2012. The Book Industry is Dead, Long Live the Book Customer. Microsoft's partnership with Barnes and Noble is probably welcome news in many publishers boardrooms. After all, this represents the hope that someone can loosen Amazon's grip on reading public and hence loosen the grip on those that supply that content. But does anyone really think that Microsoft is getting into the book game because they care about books? Fast forward a few years and now our hand held devices (phones and ta...
