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Early Registration Now Open for TOC 2010 New York

By Andrew Savikas
November 3, 2009

Early registration is now open for the 2010 Tools of Change for Publishing Conference returning to the Marriott Marquis Feb. 22-24 2010.The program for TOC 2010 reflects how quickly the...

Free news but paid comments? (via @adamgaumont)

By Andrew Savikas
November 3, 2009

Not sure I agree with the conclusion, but the journey was articulate and entertaining on the changing economics of media. http://sicmind.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/premium-content/ Posted via email from TOC Posterous...

Interesting TV subscriptions via iTunes in the works? (via @jafurtado)

By Andrew Savikas
November 3, 2009

Reports suggest Apple is shopping $30/month TV subscriptions via iTunes (I cut the cable nearly a year ago for AppleTV and haven't looked back -- totally worth it.) http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091102/apples-itunes-pitch-tv-for-30-a-month/ Posted...

Books overtake games in app store (1 in 5 new Oct. apps was a book) (via @gigaom)

By Andrew Savikas
November 2, 2009

"Book-related apps saw an upsurge in launches in September, according to a survey conducted by Flurry, a San Francisco-based mobile application analytics company. So much so, that book-related applications overtook games...

The Meaning of Droid | Monday Note

By Andrew Savikas
November 2, 2009

Nice competitive analysis of next moves for big mobile players (via @jafurtado)"One year later, we have a new situation, a real contender for the lead position in the exploding smartphone market....

Lessons from Digital Disruption in the Music Business

By Andrew Savikas
October 28, 2009

Last week's On The Media (mp3 download here) devoted the full program to challenges and changes during the past decade or so in the music business -- from the...

The Good and (and some Bad) of TOC Frankfurt Coverage

By Andrew Savikas
October 15, 2009

The session from TOC Frankfurt that seems to have generated the most interest in the trade press here at Frankfurt is the one from Brian O'Leary discussing the research he's...

Kindle Device and Clipping Limits Now Lifted for O'Reilly Books in Kindle Store

By Andrew Savikas
October 8, 2009

Earlier this year, one of our authors reported hitting some sort of undocumented limit when using the "Clipping" feature on Kindle. And then other readers discovered they were unable...

A Classic from the Archive: Tim O'Reilly interviewed in 1994

By Andrew Savikas
October 5, 2009

Unfortunately I don't remember who pointed me to this (it was a few months ago via Twitter I think), but I came across it while cleaning off my Mac...

Anecdotal Evidence from the Digital Shift

By Andrew Savikas
October 5, 2009

Back in 2004, when I spent most of my time doing format conversions and production automation, I had the privilege of turning much of what I learned doing things like...

""We had all the advantages and let it slip away"

By Andrew Savikas
October 1, 2009

Among the most honest assessments of the failure of newspapers to adapt to the Web comes from John Temple, former editor, president and publisher of the now-defunct Rocky Mountain...

Do the Math on Your Mobile Apps

By Andrew Savikas
September 29, 2009

One of my favorite sources of interesting reading material these days is Hacker News (follow them at @newsycombinator), and this week they pointed me to a piece from Derek...

Wanted: Proposals for TOC 2010

By Andrew Savikas
July 23, 2009

If you follow us on Twitter, you already know that the Call for Proposals is now open for the 2010 Tools of Change for Publishing Conference (Feb. 22-24, 2010...

CSS in an XML Workflow

By Laura Dawson
July 17, 2009

At the StartWithXML Forum in New York in January, Rebecca Goldthwaite of Cengage gave a great demonstration of how Cengage uses CSS in their XML workflow. Many publishers regard style...

StartWithXML is Going to London

By Laura Dawson
July 17, 2009

StartwithXML will be continuing in London! On September 2nd, at the British Library, we'll be conducting a one-day forum similar to the one we held in New York last January,...

TOC Coming to Frankfurt

By Andrew Savikas
July 1, 2009

I've had the opportunity to speak with quite a few of my industry colleagues in Europe during the past year, and it became increasingly obvious there was an opportunity to...

Twitter Boot Camp Coming June 15 in New York

By Mac Slocum
May 12, 2009

Twitter seems simple on the surface, but it takes practice to harness Twitter's audience development power. That's why we're hosting a one-day Twitter Boot Camp in New York City...

Google's Distribution Advantage Has Its Limits

By Andrew Savikas
April 13, 2009

Scott Karp has an insightful (and provocatively titled) piece over on the Publishing 2.0 blog about just how deeply Google has inserted itself in Web distribution of content. While much...

"Bite-Size Edits" from BookOven

By Andrew Savikas
April 2, 2009

Hugh McGuire's startup BookOven has opened up an alpha version of a project they're calling the Gutenberg Rally, an attempt to harness collective intelligence Mechanical-Turk style to proofread Project Gutenberg...

Software Development as Collaborative Writing

By Andrew Savikas
March 31, 2009

Following a lively backchannel email discussion, I'd planned to blog about what writers, editors, and publishers can learn from software developers (specifically their tools and techniques) but Tim beat me...

Peter Brantley Joins Internet Archive

By Andrew Savikas
March 25, 2009

Longtime "Foo" (Friend-of-O'Reilly) and TOC Conference adviser and blogger Peter Brantley has joined the Internet Archive as its Director. From the news release: In this role, he will direct our...

O'Reilly Ebooks Now In Stanza Online Catalog

By Andrew Savikas
March 6, 2009

Just in time for Read an Ebook Week O'Reilly's 400+ ebooks are now available for direct purchase and download on your iPhone or iPod Touch from within Stanza's Online Catalog. Buying ebooks this way gives you the same flexible, DRM-free ebook bundles as buying through oreilly.com (because you are buying from oreilly.com via Stanza). That means 3 ebook formats and free lifetime updates (and did we mention no DRM?). To celebrate the Stanza news (and Read an Ebook Week) you'll automatically get 40% off any ebooks purchased on Stanza through March 15.

TOC Twitter Visualization Contest Winner

By Andrew Savikas
February 26, 2009

The winner of our impromptu contest for best visualization of the TOC Conference Twitter activity is Stephen Smith for his tag clouds and stats over at toctweet.com: Congrats to Steve,...

Hallway Video from TOC Conference: Tim O'Reilly on Open Publishing

By Andrew Savikas
February 26, 2009

The folks from the RIT Open Publishing Lab have posted a short video talking with Tim O'Reilly in the hallway of the TOC Conference about Open Publishing:...

OMG. Best. TOC. Wrapup. Ever.

By Andrew Savikas
February 18, 2009

Every single thing on Kat Meyer's Tiger-Beat-style cover from her TOC wrapup cracked me up: I think we may have a new cover design for our printed program for TOC...

(Very Raw) Dump of All #TOC 2009 Tweets

By Andrew Savikas
February 13, 2009

I was planning to do some crunching last night and early today, but between an unexpected flight delay coming back from New York, and the pleasant surprise of getting Slashdotted...

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...

Neat TOC-Inspired Videos on the Future of Learning

By Andrew Savikas
February 3, 2009

Last May, Rutgers Univeristy English Dept. Chair Richard E. Miller sent in a nice note about how the 2008 TOC Conference had inspired him and his colleague, Paul Hammond:...

Webcast Video: Youth & Creativity -- Emerging Trends in Self-Expression and Publishing

By Mac Slocum
February 2, 2009

Below you'll find the full recording from the TOC webcast, "Youth & Creativity: Emerging Trends in Self-Expression and Publishing," with Julie Baher and Bill Westerman....

Spots Still Open for TOC Roundtables

By Andrew Savikas
January 20, 2009

Despite a grim few months for the industry, attendance for the 2009 TOC Conference has remained consistently ahead of last year's numbers (and remember -- we sold out last...

TOC Editor Note: Light Posts Through Holidays

By Mac Slocum
December 23, 2008

The O'Reilly offices are closed through the remainder of the year, so TOC blog posts will be light until January 5, 2009. We're thrilled with the interest and enthusiasm we've...

Early Registration for TOC Conference Ends Tomorrow

By Mac Slocum
December 17, 2008

The $200 early registration discount for the Tools of Change for Publishing conference, held Feb. 9-11 in New York, ends tomorrow. Event information and registration details are available at the...

[TOC Webcast] Essential Tools of an XML Workflow

By Mac Slocum
December 8, 2008

Tools of Change for Publishing, in conjunction with StartWithXML, will host "Essential Tools of an XML Workflow," a free webcast with presenter Laura Dawson, on Thursday, Dec. 11 at...

[TOC Webcast] Tomorrow: Making the Case for Print on Demand

By Mac Slocum
December 2, 2008

Tools of Change for Publishing will host a free webcast tomorrow at 1 p.m. eastern (10 a.m. pacific). Presenter Brian O'Leary will discuss "Making the Case for Print on...

[TOC Webcast] Tomorrow: What Publishers Need to Know About Digitization

By Mac Slocum
November 11, 2008

Tools of Change for Publishing will host a free webcast tomorrow at 1 p.m. eastern (10 a.m. pacific). Digitization expert Liza Daly will discuss "What Publishers Need to Know...

[TOC Webcast] What Publishers Need to Know about Digitization

By Mac Slocum
November 5, 2008

Tools of Change for Publishing will host a free webcast with digitization expert Liza Daly on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 1 p.m. eastern (10 a.m. pacific). No prior experience...

[TOC Directory] Recent Additions

By Mac Slocum
October 28, 2008

28 new listings have been added to the TOC Directory in the last week, including: Acme Bookbinding Sniplits Pinnacle Technology GoSpoken Horizon Paper Visit the TOC Directory to add...

[TOC Webcast] Tomorrow: Why Publishers Should Care About SEO

By Mac Slocum
October 21, 2008

Tools of Change for Publishing will host a free webcast tomorrow at 1 p.m. eastern (10 a.m. pacific). Our host will be Jamie Low, founder of SearchEngineMarketing.com and an...

[TOC Directory] Recent Additions

By Mac Slocum
October 14, 2008

20 new listings have been added to the TOC Directory in the last week, including: SFX Systems Cross River Publishing Consultants 1106 Design Acme Bookbinding M-real Visit the TOC...

[TOC Webcast] Why Publishers Should Care About SEO

By Mac Slocum
October 14, 2008

Tools of Change for Publishing will host a free webcast with search engine optimization (SEO) expert Jamie Low on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. eastern (10 a.m. pacific). Jamie...

Joe Wikert Joins O'Reilly Media

By Andrew Savikas
October 13, 2008

We couldn't be happier to announce that Joe Wikert has joined O'Reilly Media as the General Manager of the O'Reilly Technology Exchange (OTX) division, which publishes our flagship "animal...

[TOC Directory] Recent Additions

By Mac Slocum
October 7, 2008

20 new listings have been added to the TOC Directory in the last week, including: Sonibyte Astak Turnhere.com Lexcycle Zapptek Visit the TOC Directory to add your own listings...

Share Your Success Story (or Lessons Learned from Failure) at TOC 2009

By Andrew Savikas
October 6, 2008

One of the ongoing goals for the TOC Conference is to encourage the sharing of success stories and of the lessons learned from failed experiments and initiatives. For 2009, we're...

Ebook Advocate David Rothman Recovering from Heart Attack

By Andrew Savikas
October 2, 2008

Last night word came via Jon Noring that David Rothman of the TeleRead blog suffered a heart attack last week, and is now recovering from quadruple bypass surgery. Our...

[TOC Directory] Recent Additions

By Mac Slocum
September 30, 2008

22 new listings have been added to the TOC Directory in the last week, including: RenderX Creative Byline Altova Filemaker Bookstand Publishing Visit the TOC Directory to add your...

[TOC Directory] Recent Additions

By Mac Slocum
September 23, 2008

20 new listings have been added to the TOC Directory in the last week, including: MediaQuire Anko Publishing Software Limited Hachette Book Group USA Canon USA Eco-Libris Visit the...

[TOC Community] How Does Digital Affect Territorial Rights?

By Mac Slocum
September 22, 2008

Over on the TOC Community, David Henley poses interesting questions about rights and territories: With the looming ebook and international POD availability, won't the traditional territorial rights market start...

News Roundup: Customizable Magazine Service Launches, French E-Reader Includes Subscriptions, Library Tags Online-Offline Recommendations

By Mac Slocum
September 18, 2008

Maghound Customizable Magazine Service Launches Maghound, a customizable magazine service from Time Inc., is now available. From Folio: The membership pricing is tiered-- three titles for $4.95 a month,...

[TOC Directory] Recent Additions

By Mac Slocum
September 16, 2008

20 new listings have been added to the TOC Directory in the last week, including: Impelsys Darby Printing Kensai International Ltd. Shelfari MoFuse Visit the TOC Directory to add...

StartWithXML: Why and How

By Andrew Savikas
September 12, 2008

To better understand the issues surrounding XML and to help publishers deal with them, we've teamed up with the Idea Logical Company on a project we're calling "StartWithXML: Why and How."

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