ENTRIES TAGGED "publishing"
Bloomsbury eyes worldwide rights
The move to replace the geographic territory publishing model with a global model is gaining speed.
Attorney and literary agent Dana Newman says Bloomsbury's move to worldwide rights is just the beginning.
Aggregation apps respond to consumer personalization demands
Flipboard and other apps aggregate content in a user-friendly style. But are publishers on board?
Gathering a flurry of news content into one neat and orderly place is nothing new, but recent app releases and new announcements show developers are embracing the user-specific demands of the consumer. Whether publishers go along with these apps is another matter.
Open question: Do libraries help or hurt publishing?
As libraries stuggle for funding, we're forced to imagine a world without them.
Libraries around the world are underfunded and struggling to stay open. If they ceased to exist, how would that affect publishing?
The Book Industry Study Group reviews ISBN standards
A new ISBN ISO for identifying digital content will require buy-in from all parties.
As ISO ISBN standards are developed for the digital age, the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) is looking over results from a new ebook ISBN study.
Venture capitalists embrace humor, technology and social media
Funny cats and social publishing catch the attention -- and funding -- of VCs.
Cheezburger Network, of I Can Has Cheezburger and FAIL Blog fame, Scribd, Sonian and Perfect Market raise investment funds.
Book piracy: Less DRM, more data
Brian O'Leary on why publishers should tackle book piracy with open minds and lots of data.
Brian O'Leary, founder of Magellan Media and a speaker at TOC 2011, discusses the difficulties of measuring book piracy and the benefits piracy could create for publishers.
Accessible publishing is good business
Dave Gunn on how ebook tech helps readers with disabilities and opens a new publishing market.
Dave Gunn, technical manager at the Royal National Institute of Blind People and a speaker at TOC 2011, discusses the bright future of accessible publishing and how it offers moral and financial benefits.
What lies ahead: Publishing
Tim O'Reilly on the jobs of publishers and why ebooks represent an opportunity for a change in form.
Tim O'Reilly recently offered his thoughts and predictions for a number of areas we cover here on Radar. Here he discusses the near-term future of publishing.
The future of publishing is writable
Trends of smaller, easier, and more personal content signal a shift away from read-only publishing.
Terry Jones envisons a future in which we step beyond the default of read-only publishing via traditional containers and APIs. Data itself will become social, and we'll be able to personalize arbitrarily.
Device Update: Year-end edition
Predictions for 2011: the dedicated ereader market will crest, and focus will turn to the ebook experience.
The holiday season will be a tipping point for ereaders and ebooks. In 2011, the digital changes publishers have made will meet head-on with the harsh demands of a significant consumer base.