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Ending the TOC Conference, But Still Pushing Tools of Change for Publishing 3 May 2013 | 01:17 am
O’Reilly has been publishing books since 1986, but I’ve often said that we consider ourselves more of a technology transfer company than a typical publisher. Twenty years after our first book, Unix in...
Cultural capital goes commercial 2 May 2013 | 10:21 pm
It wasn’t one of my proudest moments when, a week before Christmas last year, I was hunched over my smartphone towards the back of the famous Hamley’s Toy Store on London’s Regent Street, composure te...
Why ebooks & why green e-publishing? 2 May 2013 | 07:37 pm
Perhaps you’ve also wondered why the publishing industry produces and distributes all the major climate science information available but doesn’t read it. If it did, publishing could become the standa...
Earned Attention: More than a stack of paper 1 May 2013 | 05:43 pm
As an industry I think we’re getting weary of all the various “rich content” experiments and products floating around these days. I have to admit that most make me want to yawn and move on to the next...
Numbers never lie…unless you’re talking social media 30 Apr 2013 | 09:16 pm
Back in college, I took a class on statistics and never forgot the first lesson my professor taught us, which was, “Anyone can manipulate numbers to make them mean whatever they want.” I see this poin...
LinkedIn as publisher 30 Apr 2013 | 01:24 am
I’m drawn to LinkedIn now more than ever before. The rate of connection requests I’ve been receiving there has also been accelerating over the past few months. Maybe it’s due to all the uncertainty of...
German digital publishing – the Berlin way 29 Apr 2013 | 07:00 pm
My favorite number at the first TOC buchreport in Berlin on April 23rd was 20, as in 20% of the 2.4 million ebook buyers in Germany in 2012 had not bought any books in the previous twelve months, acco...
Publishing News: Our brains on screens 26 Apr 2013 | 11:59 pm
Digital vs paper: ink on paper may still have the advantage In a recent edition of Scientific American, Ferris Jabr took a look at how technology is affecting the way we read and the differences betwe...
Do publishers have the right people on the bus? 25 Apr 2013 | 08:18 pm
I know from talking to many of my clients that most have read Jim Collins’ book ‘Good to Great’. I have also been inspired by his research into what makes great companies great. Many of you will recal...
Direct sales of ebooks in multiple languages 24 Apr 2013 | 10:43 pm
O’Reilly has long been a leader in fostering community and building a direct sales channel. This week we took the next step in enhancing the customer’s direct buying experience by offering German edit...
