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Tim O'Reilly Makes the Argument for Open Publishing--Just Pick the Hat to Fit the Head

By Sara Peyton
February 25, 2009

At TOC, Tim O'Reilly, the founder and CTO of O'Reilly Media, eloquently answered a question posed by Matthew Bernius, the co-director of the Open Publishing Lab at RIT. The question: "Why should publishing be open?" Tim's answer: "We have found through experiments that we can make a living when we give our content away." It's simple, Tim insists. All you have to do is pick the hat to fit the head. Watch the video to learn more.

Links to All Articles/Posts from Best of TOC eBook

By Andrew Savikas
February 15, 2009

Some of you interested in the "Best of TOC" ebook have objected to having to go through the O'Reilly shopping cart process to get the free ebook. Point taken, and...

Learning like teens

By Simon St. Laurent
February 13, 2009

The way I learned computers back in the 1980s doesn't seem that different a path from the way teens are learning now - but both seem very different from the way that adults traditionally learn. Is there a way to improve adult learning by encouraging teen practices?

Metrics from the O'Reilly Bookworm release

By Liza Daly
February 12, 2009

This is the kind of web usage report that makes site managers ecstatic and software engineers cringe, and as I'm playing both roles in this case I'd describe it as a feeling of giddy terror. Bookworm has been online...

Best of TOC Collection Now Available as Free Ebook Bundle

By Andrew Savikas
February 11, 2009

Hit a glitch with the cover image, but the full ebook bundle (PDF, EPUB, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket) is now posted for the Best of TOC collection (details on the content...

At TOC: Best of TOC Writing

By Andrew Savikas
February 10, 2009

One of my favorite books of 2007 was The Best of Technology Writing, edited by Steven Levy. We decided to try something similar for this year's TOC Conference, and over...

At TOC: Drawing for Pre-loaded Sony Reader Signed by Tim O'Reilly

By Andrew Savikas
February 9, 2009

Sony has kindly donated a PRS-700 for the TOC Conference, and to celebrate crossing the 400-title milestone for titles available as eBook bundles today, we're giving it away, pre-loaded with as many of them as I can fit on an 8GB SD card in EPUB format, and signed by Tim O'Reilly.

TOC 2009 Sold Out!

By Andrew Savikas
February 8, 2009

The 2009 TOC Conference, starting tomorrow in New York, is now Sold Out. (Though there are few slots left in our Monday Tutorials.) It's encouraging to see so much excitement...

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