Future Roles of Book Publishers
Paul Watson has written an essay entitled The Future for Publishers in which he suggests new roles publishers will play in content promotion, distribution, and ultimately how we may be generating revenues in the future. The basis of his argument is that content, of course, will be free and that publishers must take on new [...]
It’s OK - We’re Good Pirates
What?
According to Karen Croxson, digital piracy may help companies. As a new-media minded person working in a traditionally old-media world I am a little conflicted here. I am coming around to Chris Anderson’s Free mantra, and I absolutely believe my industry had better move a hell of a lot faster to adapt to [...]
Social DRM, the Death of Copyright and the Fallacy of Piracy
There is some really great debate over on the TeleRead Blog concerning DRM, copyright, and piracy. As the TeleRead blog has grown, David has added new columnists (disclaimer: including Wiley publisher Joe Wikert) which has really added to the conversation.
David Rothman agrees with Adobe’s Bill McCoy on the use of Social DRM, but also [...]
Consuming Content: Are you a Grazer or a Super-User?
Dan Blank observes that as we think about the ways in which publishing is changing, one of the factors we must consider is the speed at which content is being generated.
As we think about how publishing, media and journalism are changing, how do we factor in the speed at which media and information enters our [...]
Google Knol as an Instant Author Platform
Late yesterday, Google made an announcement about an upcoming product called knol, a free platform for creating authoritative articles on any subject. Knol will have a variety of social features and will let readers comment, rank, review and suggest edits.
Earlier this week, we started inviting a selected group of people to try a [...]
