Publishing
Post about the art and strategies of professional publishing, from business models to platforms, and more.
Medium just became an online magazine platform Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/06/medium-logo-jun-2014.png] An e-mail arrives from Medium, outlining the changes to their Collections [https://medium.com/the-story/the-future-of-collections-79e6ea385113] (collections of articles posted on Medium): > Collections will have now have three types of participants: Owner, editor, and writer. * The
The publishing winner on iPads - comics - are under threat from Amazon Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/04/comixology-new-app-3708.html] It’s interesting to note that one type of publication was hugely assisted by the arrival of the iPad: comics. > Very few people bought comic books digitally before the iPad (probably more stole them). Remember how the iPad
Rethinking writing for the phone age Paid Members Public
Craig Mod, interviewed at Nieman Journalism Lab [http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/04/qa-craig-mod-on-making-writing-more-mobile-friendly-and-where-digital-publishing-is-headed/] : > But the iterative component of the writing process, and also the flow of using the smartphone, that was really just coming from “how do we treat this, and what part of writing feels indigenous to
Why is ebook publishing so badly supported? Paid Members Public
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2014/04/the-magazine-book-volume-I-1-3693.html] One of the few Kickstarters I’ve backed was the one for a hardback book of the best of The Magazine‘s first year [http://the-magazine.org/book]. Something about a digital-only magazine spawning a hardback just appealed to
31-3.8 - Journalism will survive - but you might not recognise it Paid Members Public
The future of journalistic publication might not look very much like its past…
Now we are eleven... Paid Members Public
OM&HB is 11 years old. But who cares when there’s big media news?
Tablets: there's no easy answer for publishers Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/12/newsstand-7.jpg] This piece tallies with what I’m hearing about magazine apps on tablets [http://gigaom.com/2013/12/15/the-tablet-magazine-ship-is-sinking-fast/] right now: > Publishers must break free of the Newsstand and InDesign/PDF trap and invest in
18 novels in my Pocket Paid Members Public
It’s that time of the year when some of the social services you use start sending you stats. The one I got from Pocket – a “save and read it later” service – was actually quite eye-opening… 852,713 words! That’s a fair few books right there – and that’s