Monthly Archives: January 2010

What Apple’s iPad and iBookstore mean for publishers

January 27, 2010 – 9:34 pm

Publishing techies like myself have been waiting for a long time for Apple to launch their tablet device. With the accelerating interest in eBooks, and the ignition of the eBook marketplace with devices such as the Kindle and Sony reader, I’ve been keen to see how Apple’s entry into the tablet marketplace will change the [...]

By Richard Padley | Posted in E-books, Online Publishing Market, Publishing business models | Post a comment | 8 comments

Quality assurance testing your e-publishing website with Selenium

January 21, 2010 – 10:16 pm

As quality assurance assistant and junior developer for Semantico I spend a lot of time developing and implementing QA tests. Testing an e-publishing website can be time consuming.
Even a simple test of search functionality has several steps; go to the designated URL, log in, search, verify the search results, check hit highlighting, start an advanced [...]

By Nik Afentoulis | Posted in Project Management, Reviews, Technology | Post a comment | 6 comments

‘Innovation from product to production’ at the STM E-Production Seminar

January 13, 2010 – 1:12 pm

Written and delivered in partnership with Andrea Powell from CABI, this presentation is a case study of lessons drawn from the CAB Direct project, and highlights issues which are relevant across the board for publishers delivering online content. This includes looking at how to maximise value in the design of taxonomies and coding systems, how designing and [...]

By Richard Padley | Posted in Access and identity management, E-books, Information Architecture, Project Management, Publishing business models, Search, Technology | Post a comment | 0 comments

Online publishing tech buzz 2010

January 13, 2010 – 9:29 am

Taking inspiration from the stars (currently obscured by a thick layer of snow-clouds over Brighton) we bring you the online publishing tech buzz for 2010: what’s up, what’s down – and what’s coming back for a second time around.
This isn’t completely a matter of personal prejudice. We’ve taken as a starting point the Gartner hype [...]

By John Helmer | Posted in E-books, Online Publishing Market, Technology | Post a comment | 4 comments

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