Monthly Archives: November 2008

Macrovision sells eMeta

November 21, 2008 – 4:38 pm

With the sale of eMeta, announced on Monday, Macrovision completes the disposal of what it has already described as a discontinued operation. In reality the eMeta offering never fitted well with the Macrovision portfolio. At first glance, their access management and content monetisation platform seemed a good fit with the Macrovision DRM and copy protection [...]

By Richard Padley | Posted in Online Publishing Market, Technology | Post a comment | 0 comments

E-book readers are doomed

November 16, 2008 – 4:05 pm

I’ve tried hard to like the current crop of e-book reader devices. I wanted to believe that e-ink was the next big thing in readability and usability of screens. And I needed a rationale for explaining the resurgence of interest in all things ebook.
I just can’t do it. I’ve lived with the iRex iLiad for [...]

By Richard Padley | Posted in Technology | Post a comment | 0 comments

Semantico launches Discovery Blog

November 16, 2008 – 4:02 pm

Electronic publishing is at a fascinating stage in its development. Since the Information Industry began migrating online, products, service and processes that were once physical world activities have become digital and virtual. We have seen that information does not behave in the same way it once did. New disruptive business models emerge, seemingly out of [...]

By John Helmer | Posted in Online Publishing Market | Post a comment | 0 comments

Highlights from the DPA Conference

November 15, 2008 – 5:35 pm

Impressive quality of presentations at this year’s DPA Conference, held recently in our home town of Brighton. Standouts for me were:
Chuck Richards of Outsell telling us that B2B users today are spending more time on search than research, clear indication that things are going badly wrong on the usability front. Publishers are paying more attention [...]

By Gareth Bish | Posted in Events, Online Publishing Market, Publishing business models, Technology | Post a comment | 0 comments

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