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In-depth insight from Tim O'Reilly on lessons learned from Safari Books Online

By Andrew Savikas
November 2, 2009

"As I outlined above, Safari adopted a "cloud library" model rather than downloadable ebooks as its fundamental design metaphor. I thought it might be worthwhile to understand how we arrived...

Publishing Models for Internet Commerce

By Andrew Savikas
October 11, 2009

Last week I pointed to a 1994 interview Tim O'Reilly did that touched on the impact the Web would have on publishing. A nice contemporary companion is this 1995...

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...

New on O'Reilly Labs: Open Feedback Publshing System

By Andrew Savikas
May 21, 2009

O'Reilly engineer Keith Fahlgren has formally launched our new Open Feedback Publishing System over on O'Reilly Labs: Over the last few years, traditional publishing has been moving closer to the...

Scribd Store a Welcome Addition to Ebook Market (and 650 O'Reilly Titles Included)

By Andrew Savikas
May 18, 2009

The document-sharing site Scribd has launched a new "Scribd Store" selling view and download access to documents and books. As part of the launch, there are now more than 650 O'Reilly ebooks now available for preview and sale in the Scribd store, and all include DRM-free PDF downloads with purchase. (Scribd will soon be adding EPUB as a format, and...

Ebook Piracy is Up Because Ebook Demand is Up

By Andrew Savikas
May 12, 2009

My email, twitter, and "real-world" information stream is abuzz today with references to a New York Times story about the increase in piracy of ebooks: “It’s exponentially up,” said David...

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...

Over 160 O'Reilly Books Now in Kindle Store (without DRM), More on the Way

By Andrew Savikas
April 17, 2009

I'm happy to announce that more than 160 O'Reilly books are now available on Kindle, and are being sold without any DRM (Digital Rights Management). Though we do offer more...

Guess the Book, Episode Two - Back on the Streets of Sebastopol

By Kathryn Barrett
April 6, 2009

This second episode of Guess the Book leads Sara Peyton and her trusty videographer, armed with a copy of Programming ASP.NET 3.5, to the offices of a local newspaper where one willing volunteer attempts to decipher the book's cover. Now it's your turn to help out—which book we should use for our next episode and why?

Why Ugly Teams Win--Scott Berkun's Essay from Beautiful Teams

By Sara Peyton
March 27, 2009

A new book from O'Reilly, Beautiful Teams, takes you behind the scenes with some of the most interesting teams in software engineering history. In a series of entertaining, informative, and thought provoking essays you'll learn about the successes and failures of leading programmers, architects, project managers, and thought leaders. You'll hear the tales from Tim O'Reilly, Cory Doctorow, Andy Lester, and more.

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.

Calling All O'Reilly Authors--New Twitter Account Just for You

By Sara Peyton
February 18, 2009

Here at O'Reilly we're Twitter converts. Not that we've given up our Facebooking, blogging, emailing, and press releasing, but we're twittering, too. We encourage all our authors to join and participate in Twitter. And, at Tim O'Reilly's suggestion, we've also created a new Twitter group account just for O'Reilly authors. You can view it here--http://twitter.com/oreillyauthors--and find out what some of our authors are up to.

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.

Who are you and why are you here?

By Kurt Cagle
January 17, 2009

I'm going to do something that's just not done. There's this unwritten rule in journalism that when you write, your goal in doing that writing is to be the authority, to ask the hard questions of those who are the experts or the ones with power, to then render these in a compelling story to you, gentle readers, while at the same time never extending beyond the bounds of the page - or in this case the screen - to, well you.

Ignite Boston 5

By Mike Hendrickson
January 13, 2009

Ignite Boston 5 - February 12th @ the Hooley House

O'Reilly Week in Review for December 22, 2008

By James Turner
December 23, 2008

This week's podcast looks back at an interview we ran with physics rapper Katherine McAlpline in the fall, as well as announcing our first podcast quiz winner, and the new quiz question, that can win you your choice of any in print O'Reilly book.

O'Reilly Week in Review for Dec 15th, 2008

By James Turner
December 17, 2008

This week's (delayed) podcast includes excepts of interviews with Dr. Joshua Wurman about storm chasing and Professor Rich Gordon about the adoption of the web by traditional print media. There's also a new quiz question (your chance to win free O'Reilly books!)

Expanding The O'Reilly Forums

By Kurt Cagle
December 13, 2008

Forums have become an integral part of many communities over the years - as a webmaster on a number of different social sites, I found that the sites tended to live or die on the strength of their forums more than on any other component of the site. They provide a way for people to express their feelings, to communicate with one another, to explore deep concepts (and silly ones) and to learn, and as such they often form the vibrant backbone of communities regardless of the subject matter expressed.

The Best of O'Reilly - Now Available in Podcast Form

By James Turner
December 8, 2008

This week's episode includes excerpts of interviews with our JRuby authors and climatologist Andrew Weaver, as well as news of the SCO lawsuit and this week's quiz question. Now, for your listening pleasure, we present "O'Reilly Week in Review", a roundup of the best content from the site, as well as good-natured pokes at the industry and a trivia quiz that can score you your choice of books from the vast O'Reilly catalog.

Experimental O'Reilly Ebook iPhone Integration with Stanza

By Andrew Savikas
November 24, 2008

Back in August, I showed how to read O'Reilly EPUB ebooks on an iPhone (or iPod Touch) using the popular (and free) Stanza reader app. I'm pleased to announce...

Interview with Andy Oram: Upcoming Books and Current Trends

By Timothy M. O'Brien
November 23, 2008

This is a brief interview with Andy Oram about the state of the technology publishing market. What are the trends in online publishing, and how does it affect O'Reilly? In this interview, I ask Oram about his views on free books and I ask him to talk about some of the trends he has identified in computing and technology.

Announcing the 2008 O'Reilly Reader Survey

By chromatic
October 28, 2008

We spend a lot of time updating our site, and we spend a lot of time agonizing over which book or article or course to feature where. Yet there's one question we need to ask regularly. How do you find what's most useful and interesting?

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...

First Frontlist O'Reilly Ebook Bundle (Including EPUB) Now Available

By Andrew Savikas
October 9, 2008

With today's release of iPod: The Missing Manual, Seventh Edition, by J.D. Biersdorfer and David Pogue, we're beginning the release of nearly all new (frontlist) titles as ebook bundles....

Public Service Dept: The Blogger Challange for Public Schools

By Steve Weiss
October 3, 2008

At InsideRIA, we don't make a habit of going off topic, so forgive the quick digression in the name of greater causes: O'Reilly has signed on to the DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge, inviting our readers to join us in supporting a...

Work on Stuff That Matters--Tim O'Reilly @ Web 2.0

By Sara Peyton
September 18, 2008

Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, didn't mince words as he addressed the crowd this morning at Web 2.0 Expo in New York City. As CNET reported today, he said: "You have to conclude, if you look at the focus of a lot of what you call 'Web 2.0,' the relentless focus on advertising-based consumer models, lightweight applications, we may be living in somewhat of a bubble, and I'm not talking about an investment bubble. (It's) a reality bubble." Indeed, in the wake of Wall Street's tumble and anxiety all around, Tim is asking people to think about what they would do differently and to "work on stuff that matters."

Ignite Boston 4, This Thursday

By Mike Hendrickson
September 8, 2008

Ignite Boston 4 is this Thursday at the Hooley House in the Faneuil Hall area of Boston from 6:00 pm until ~10:00.

New iPhoneLive Conference in November

By Raven Zachary
September 4, 2008

Please welcome Raven Zachary, an iPhone maven and the chair for our new conference. He will be blogging on Radar about iPhone and mobile issues. -- Brady I am pleased to announce the launch of a new O'Reilly Media conference focused on the emerging iPhone ecosystem - iPhoneLive. Apple's iPhone is having a profound impact on the mobile telephony and...

Tim O'Reilly Reflects on 10 Years of OSCON

By James Turner
August 14, 2008

It's been 10 years since O'Reilly held the first OSCON. At the latest edition of O'Reilly's open source convention, Tim O'Reilly sat down with O'Reilly News to talk about the anniversary. He also reflected on how open source has changed in that period, whether Web 2.0 (a term he helped coin) has met his expectations, and how the nature of technical book publishing has changed.

What to See at OSCON 2008

By chromatic
August 14, 2008

OSCON 2008 -- O'Reilly's annual open source conference -- is going on now. O'Reilly News interviews Allison Randal, co-chair of OSCON, for a quick survey of what's new and interesting in the world of open source. Here's what to see and do and what to watch for in the world of free software for the next year.