Post about the art and strategies of professional publishing, from business models to platforms, and more.
books
The Next Web [http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/11/05/another-one-bites-the-dust-macmillan-dictionaries-cease-print-to-go-online-only/] : > […] another well-known brand in the print-based publishing sphere is unfurling the white flag and giving in to the digital revolution, with Macmillan Dictionaries ceasing print to go online only. While we were sorting books to go on the
commuting
[](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/Photo 1 Nov 2012 20:43.jpg) Once upon a time, when I had time to kill in a station before catching a train, I used to browse the
Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan nails why traditional publishing brands struggle [http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/10/why-not-do-away-with-print.html] to bring their readers with them online, in a piece about personal migration on reading from print to digital forms: > But it takes guts to actually make the change. An individual can, overnight.
business models
Robert Andrews highlights the political dangers to the traditional Reed Elsevier [http://www.reedelsevier.com/] business model, by quoting a research note from Berstein Research’s Claudio Aspesi [http://paidcontent.org/2012/09/10/open-access-research-catastrophic-for-reed-elsevier/] : > We think the risk posed to the Elsevier business model is substantial. We believe
disruption
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/09/graveyard-shadow.jpg] Five steps: 1. “We’re a print business and we always have been”. 2. “Digital will be important, but we have to prioritise print, where our profits are right now”. 3. “We’ll go digital first from
B2B
From Patrick Smith’s Media Briefing e-mail a couple of weeks ago [http://briefingmedialtd.createsend1.com/t/r-e-hkxdhk-mdyykuip-hl/](it was two days after my daughter was born, so I was a bit too busy to read it back then 😉 ) : > In this context, should I stop saying “publisher” to refer
Blogging
Well, look at that. Another web tool to reinvent social publishing that we hoi polloi can’t use yet. The Medium might to be the message this time – the users given access to the Medium are. Anil Dash made some good points earlier that this “private quasi-public beta” is actually
books
Kevin May [http://www.tnooz.com/2012/08/13/news/google-buys-frommers-destination-content-in-search-just-got-a-little-bit-more-interesting/] : > It is also unknown as yet as to whether Frommer’s will continue as a standalone brand, as well as if Google will effectively become a printed guidebook publisher – a massive leap from its online-only world. One possible
feeds
[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/assets_c/2012/08/in-my-pocket-ipad-2720.html] In 2001, when I first became aware of blogging and RSS feeds, I used to speculate about magazines of the future, built of feeds which allowed you to select the reporters, reviewers and commenters that mattered to you. In
Journalism
Roy Greenslade, talking about Trinity Mirror [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/aug/07/daily-mirror-digital-media] : > But nothing I have heard has changed my thinking. Kelly’s going is part of a pattern, confirming that a company that publishes newspapers and news websites has no respect for journalism…
Journalism
Another long-form journalism Kickstarter [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/narratively/narratively]: > Narratively slows down the news cycle. Each week, we’ll explore a different theme about New York and publish a series of connected stories — just one a day — told in the most appropriate medium for each piece. We
amazon
paidContent UK [http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/06/ebooks-now-outselling-print-on-amazon-uk/]: > About two years after Kindle launched in the United Kingdom, Amazon UK says it is now selling 114 ebooks for every print book. You’ve got an eBook strategy in place already, right? No? Oh, dear.