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BlogsTags > ebooksWhy ebooks & why green e-publishing?By Deborah EminMay 2, 2013 Perhaps you’ve also wondered why the publishing industry produces and distributes all the major climate science information available but doesn’t read it. If it did, publishing could become the standard bearer for global reduction of carbon footprints. This business challenge … Three years of TOC at the Bologna Children’s Book FairBy Sarah TowleApril 11, 2013 O’Reilly Media took its Tools of Change in Publishing Conference to Italy for the first time in 2011, teaming up with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair organizers to focus on opportunities for children’s content in digital publishing. That year the … Digital publishing and the loss of intimacyBy François Joseph de KermadecApril 9, 2013 Reading used to be an intimate experience. Even Amazon, the pioneer in digital publishing, branded its Kindle with a child reading alone under a tree. Books were specially designed to disappear into the background as much as possible, helped by … Libraries to become community publishing portalsBy Mark CokerApril 1, 2013 [Ed. note: The following first appeared on The Huffington Post. It has been reposted here with the author's permission.] Public libraries provide an essential community service by promoting literacy and a culture of reading. With the rise of ebooks, public … Four short links: 21 March 2013By Nat TorkingtonMarch 21, 2013 The Obfuscation of Culture — Tumblr and LJ users sep ar ate w ords thr ou gh o dd spacin g in o rde r to fo ol sea rc h en g i nes. Chinese users hide political messages … Building an ebook business around analyticsBy Hugh McGuireMarch 20, 2013 AskMen, “the leading online magazine for men,” has just launched an ebook publishing program, using the PressBooks Publisher Platform to manage the front-end catalog/website, and back-end ebook production. In the year-and-a-bit since PressBooks launched publicly, we’ve worked with many traditional … The book as a standard of qualityBy François Joseph de KermadecMarch 13, 2013 Publishers have long commandeered respect for the quality of their work. Traditional processes may be cumbersome, reliant as they are on an infinity of minute, specialised steps, but they have helped maintain consistently high standards, at ever-lower prices. Authors may … Used ebooks: Why your assumptions are wrong and the opportunity is hugeBy Joe WikertMarch 11, 2013 Amazon has a patent and now Apple does too. I’m talking about the techniques both companies might use to let you resell your digital content. They join ReDigi, who already offers a platform to resell your digital music. Ebooks are next, of course, … Four short links: 8 March 2013By Nat TorkingtonMarch 8, 2013 mlcomp — a free website for objectively comparing machine learning programs across various datasets for multiple problem domains. Printing Code: Programming and the Visual Arts (Vimeo) — Rune Madsen’s talk from Heroku’s Waza. (via Andrew Odewahn) What Data Brokers Know … PlayTales one year laterBy Kate ShoafMarch 5, 2013 In March 2012, Joe Wikert posted an interview with a new bookstore app startup called PlayTales. Since then the app market has continued to grow, and PlayTales along with it. My name is Kate Shoaf, PlayTales’ PR and communications manager, and I’d … How can we redefine the book?By François Joseph de KermadecMarch 4, 2013 A book may no longer be a physical object, but its ordinary definition remains straightforward as a “written composition that is intended for publication”. Traditional or digital, we feel confident in our ability to recognise a book. We barely remember … The People’s EBookBy Kat MeyerMarch 1, 2013 “What the photocopier was to zines, we hope the People’s E-Book will be to digital books.” – Greg Albers Working for TOC, I meet and talk to people from all over the world who are doing incredible things to transform … Four short links: 1 March 2013By Nat TorkingtonMarch 1, 2013 Drone Journalism — two universities in the US have already incorporated drone use in their journalism programs. The Drone Journalism Lab at the University of Nebraska and the Missouri Drone Journalism Program at the University of Missouri both teach journalism … The publishing industry has a problem, and EPUB is not the solutionBy Jani PatokallioFebruary 26, 2013 This article contains my personal views, not those of my employer Lonely Planet. I’ll be blunt. Ebooks and EPUB are to the publishing industry what Blu-Ray is to the movie industry: a solution to yesterday’s problem made irrelevant by broader … Losing the book as a symbolBy François Joseph de KermadecFebruary 20, 2013 Transitioning the publishing industry to digital technologies involves lifting the words out of printed pages, and pouring them into the amorphous containers we call ebooks. Books are no longer the tangible, brick-shaped presence they were: they must, instead, be stretched … …and along with EPUB 3: New CSS!By Nellie McKessonFebruary 11, 2013 Hopefully you all read Sanders Kleinfeld’s great writeup about O’Reilly’s move to EPUB 3, and the changes and challenges that brings. Along with updating our toolchain, we also revisited our EPUB design and took a stab at improving the user … Book Publishing UnboundBy Neil AyresFebruary 6, 2013 Brand Perfect’s new report looks at how traditional publishers are contending with the challenges being brought about by increasingly fragmentary digital publishing, and highlights some of the most successful commercial projects that are responding to them. On the state of … Ebooks and the future of researchBy François Joseph de KermadecFebruary 6, 2013 Knowledge cannot progress unless it is aware of its past: a knowledge-seeker must reference the works of previous generations. Literary scholars return to manuscripts, musicians to partitions, artists to museums… The continued availability of reference works underpins our entire research … The four stages of the “Spotify for eBooks” adoption modelBy Justo HidalgoFebruary 5, 2013 During the 2013 edition of the O’Reilly Tools of Change conference in New York City, I will be participating in a panel that has been called ‘The Elusive Netflix of eBooks‘. The title implies the notion that a subscription service … Borne Digital: TOC Startup Showcase FinalistBy Kat MeyerFebruary 4, 2013 We’re giving our readers a chance to get to know our TOC Startup Showcase Finalists a little bit better before the big showdown in NYC. We’re featuring the startups with a personality profile here on our website. Our next profile … A Publisher’s Job Is to Provide a Good API for BooksBy Hugh McGuireFebruary 1, 2013 Intro Here is a radical statement: A publisher’s job is to provide good APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for their books. Now that almost all books are made into digital products (that is, ebooks), good publishers of the future will be … Publishing News: Tech industry history could inform bookstores’ road to recoveryBy Jenn WebbDecember 7, 2012 Here are a few stories from the publishing space that caught my attention this week. Bookstore lessons and opportunities from the tech industry Brick-and-mortar bookstores arguably have taken the biggest hit thus far as the publishing industry struggles through its … Are we solving customer problems?By Gus BalbontinDecember 4, 2012 This article contains my personal views, not those of my employer Lonely Planet. The challenge the publishing industry faces today is complex. Against centuries of industry inertia and decades of business momentum, the job of transforming publishing is demanding to … Four short links: 26 November 2012By Nat TorkingtonNovember 26, 2012 High Levels of Burnout in US Drone Pilots (NPR) — 17 percent of active duty drone pilots surveyed are thought to be “clinically distressed.” The Air Force says this means the pilots’ stress level has crossed a threshold where it’s … Three questions for…Christian Damke of SkoobeBy Joe WikertNovember 16, 2012 This short interview with Christian Damke of Skoobe is a preview to the the Elusive ‘Netflix of Ebooks‘ session he’s part of at TOC NY 2013 in February. Use the discount code below to register for the event and learn … Creating reader community with open APIsBy Leonhard DobuschNovember 15, 2012 I spoke at the “Frankfurt Digital Night” at this year’s Frankfurt Book fair, making essentially three points (see slides embedded below): first, publishing requires – and has always required – a commitment to creating and courting communities of readers. Second, there … Wiley & O’Reilly Media sign ebook distribution dealBy Joe WikertNovember 15, 2012 I’ve mentioned before that O’Reilly’s direct ebook channel is an extremely important sales outlet for us. We want our content to be in all stores but the direct channel is pretty much the only one where we can establish an … TOC’s Global Ebook Market reportBy Joe WikertNovember 8, 2012 One year ago that we published the first edition of our Global Ebook Market report. We focused on the major English language territories but also featured coverage of several other popular languages as well. A lot has changed in the … TOC Trifecta: This week’s must-reads (10/11/12)By Joe WikertOctober 11, 2012 Shakespeare for the rest of us — Thanks to the new Sourcebooks product I might even be able to understand Shakespeare now. Rethinking discovery – It’s not about bestsellers but it does require both curation and algorithms. Five stages of publishing … Where are the apps for ereaders?By Joe WikertAugust 7, 2012 I read on my GlowLight NOOK much more frequently than I read on my Asus Transformer tablet. I’d say there’s at least a 10:1 differential, so for every hour I read on my tablet I read at least 10 hours … New life for used ebooksBy Joe WikertJuly 31, 2012 This post originally appeared on Joe Wikert’s Publishing 2020 Blog (“The Used Ebook Opportunity“). This version has been lightly edited. I’ve got quite a few ebooks in two different accounts that I’ve read and will never read again. I’ll bet … Publishing News: Subscription experiments and the dangers of paving cow paths July 13, 2012 TED and Next Issue wade into subscription sales models, Anna Lewis admonishes the ebook publishing industry for being oblivious to web opportunities, and two industry writers look into publishing's future. Amazon, ebooks and advertisingBy Joe WikertMay 29, 2012 Amazon already sells ads on the Kindle. Joe Wikert explains why ad-supported ebooks are a logical next step for the company. Amazon, ebooks and advertising May 29, 2012 Amazon already sells ads on the Kindle. Joe Wikert explains why ad-supported ebooks are a logical next step for the company. Why I can't shake my ereaderBy Joe WikertMay 14, 2012 Ereaders are now commodities — improvements are incremental at best — but the fundamental qualities of these devices still make them compelling. Why I can't shake my ereaderBy Joe WikertMay 14, 2012 Ereaders are now commodities — improvements are incremental at best — but the fundamental qualities of these devices still make them compelling. B&N and Microsoft: The potential beyond digitalBy Joe WikertMay 4, 2012 Joe Wikert: Microsoft should use its investment in B&N's digital business to create an end-to-end consumer experience that rivals Apple's. B&N and Microsoft: The potential beyond digitalBy Joe WikertMay 4, 2012 Joe Wikert: Microsoft should use its investment in B&N's digital business to create an end-to-end consumer experience that rivals Apple's. Join us in celebrating International Day Against DRMBy Joe WikertMay 4, 2012 A DRM-free world is one where retailers will find it much harder to create a monopolistic position that locks you into their device or format. Join us in celebrating International Day Against DRM May 4, 2012 A DRM-free world is one where retailers will find it much harder to create a monopolistic position that locks you into their device or format. What if ebook DRM goes away tomorrow?By Joe WikertApril 27, 2012 Abandoning DRM won't change the publishing landscape unless B&N, Kobo and others force the issue through innovative devices and apps. In fact, Joe Wikert says that same innovation can occur with or without DRM — so why wait? What if ebook DRM goes away tomorrow?By Joe WikertApril 27, 2012 Abandoning DRM won't change the publishing landscape unless B&N, Kobo and others force the issue through innovative devices and apps. In fact, Joe Wikert says that same innovation can occur with or without DRM — so why wait? Four short links: 16 April 2012
By Nat TorkingtonApril 16, 2012 Peter Thiel's Class 4 Notes -- in perfect competition, marginal revenues equal marginal costs. So high margins for big companies suggest that two or more businesses might be combined: a core monopoly business (search, for Google), and then a bunch of other various efforts (robotic cars, TV, etc.). Cash builds up because it turns out that it doesn’t cost... The sorry state of ebook samples, and four ways to improve themBy Joe WikertApril 13, 2012 Joe Wikert: "My gut tells me the revenue missed by not converting samples into sales is a much larger figure than the revenue lost to piracy. And yet, the publishing industry spends a small fortune every year in DRM but treats samples as an afterthought." The sorry state of ebook samples, and four ways to improve themBy Joe WikertApril 13, 2012 Joe Wikert: "My gut tells me the revenue missed by not converting samples into sales is a much larger figure than the revenue lost to piracy. And yet, the publishing industry spends a small fortune every year in DRM but treats samples as an afterthought." Four short links: 9 April 2012
By Nat TorkingtonApril 10, 2012 E-Reading/E-Books Data (Luke Wroblewski) -- This past January, paperbacks outsold e-books by less than 6 million units; if e-book market growth continues, it will have far outpaced paperbacks to become the number-one category for U.S. publishers. Combine that with only 21% of American adults having read a ebook, the signs are there that readers of ebooks buy many more... Four short links: 6 April 2012
By Nat TorkingtonApril 6, 2012 FBI Uses Agile (Information Week) -- The FBI awarded the original contract for the case management system to Lockheed Martin in 2006, but an impatient Fulgham, who was hired in 2008 to get the project on track, decided to bring it in house in September 2010. Since then, the agency has been using agile development to push the frequently... Four short links: 5 April 2012
By Nat TorkingtonApril 5, 2012 Who Else Uses Masonry Style? (Quora) -- list of sites using the multi-columns effect as provided by the jQuery plugin. Will Hatchette Be First Big 6 Publisher To Drop DRM? (Paid Content) -- DRM “doesn’t stop anyone from pirating,” Hachette SVP digital Thomas said in a publishing panel at Copyright Clearance Center’s OnCopyright 2012. “It just makes it more... Metadata is everyone's responsibilityBy Jenn WebbApril 3, 2012 Firebrand Technologies communication chief Laura Dawson says publishers are starting to come around to the importance of metadata, but they still don't quite get it. Metadata is everyone's responsibility April 3, 2012 Firebrand Technologies communication chief Laura Dawson says publishers are starting to come around to the importance of metadata, but they still don't quite get it. 1 to 50 of 324 Next Stay Connected
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