Report from the Semantico Online Publishing Symposium on Mobile and Cross-platform Delivery – Part Three
Publishers know they have to innovate to survive in the jungle of online publishing, with the big beasts of technology such as Amazon, Google and Apple all too willing and able, it seems, to disintermediate traditional publishers out of existence.
But two [...]
Many publishers want to monetise their books and reference content by making these materials available online. And a common strategy to drive sales is to combine book and journal content within a single platform; synergies between different types of content should drive discovery and increase usage.
Some publishers choose to adapt an existing off-the-shelf journals platform [...]
Report from the Semantico Online Publishing Symposium on Mobile and Cross-platform Delivery – Part Two
Publishers must widen their frame of reference in order fully to understand the change in business models that taking their content online might necessitate – looking beyond traditional pricing models and text formats within their particular field of publishing.
This was one [...]
April 30, 2010 – 10:03 am
The Future of Academic Book Publishing was a one-day seminar which provided a unique opportunity for those attending to consider both the present situation facing academic and scholarly publishers of all shapes and sizes, and the likely direction for the business of academic book publishing in the immediate future.
For those who [...]
Report from the Semantico Online Publishing Symposium on Mobile and Cross-platform Delivery
The inaugural Semantico Symposium was held recently in London to discuss implications of the shift to mobile for publishers and information providers. An invited audience of publishing industry leaders debated the issues under Chatham House rules, covering the following three themes:
Devices and technology
Business models
Future [...]
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