Jan 9, 2011 | Digital Transformation
“That’s the nature of change,” notes publishing pundit Mike Shatzkin, recalling the last twelve months in the book industry and looking forward to the upcoming Digital Book World Conference that opens January 24 in New York City. His DBW colleague Guy LeCharles...
Dec 5, 2010 | Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
A year that began with the debut of the iPad is about to end with the arrival under holiday trees of all manner of eReaders. The publication of a Forrester Research paper “eBook Buying Is About to Spiral Upward” by James McQuivey, Vice President and...
Nov 14, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
“We’re in the midst of a fundamental transformation in the way people read,” declares textbook editor and former English professor Michael Greer. Collaborating with Prof. Tharon Howard of Clemson University, Greer has contributed to the just-published collection,...
Oct 31, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts
Ahead of his presentation to a one-day workshop co-sponsored by CENDI and NFAIS, Nathan Clevenger, enterprise editor at Smartphone Magazine, tells Chris Kenneally how the mobile environment is driving change in publishing. “Mobile applications expose a lot more...
Oct 10, 2010 | Digital Transformation, Podcasts
As cell phones, smart phones, netbooks and tablets become essential conduits to information for a mobile and collaborative global research community, they are beginning to shape the future direction of scientific and technical communication. Ahead of his presentation...
Oct 3, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
Usability. It’s a fundamental issue for content design in the digital environment. Think of it as the genetic code for a digital asset, whether that’s a Website, an e-book, or a smart phone. If there are bad sequences in the DNA, things start to go very wrong. Two...
Sep 26, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
In her work as a leading developer of smartphone and tablet applications, SiNae Pitts never strays far from her background as a research scientist. Her clients include top STM journals, and her designs reflect a willingness to experiment that she acquired in the lab....
Sep 14, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, Podcasts
In 2004, political campaigns and the press buzzed over “blogging”; in 2008, the technology of the moment was YouTube, providing CNN with debate questions and at least one candidate with a one-way ticket home. For 2012, predicts Lee Rainie, founder and director of Pew...
Sep 12, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
What’s not to like? Top speakers; networking opportunities; ice cream breaks! Noelle Skodzinski, editorial director of Book Business and Publishing Executive magazines, explains the concept and opportunities for attendees of the forthcoming Publishing Business...
Jul 4, 2010 | Best of VOC, Digital Transformation, News, Podcasts
The flow of e-reader devices onto the consumer market has quickly shifted from a trickle to a flood. With consumers captivated by the iPad, nook, Kindle, Skiff Reader, and QUE, a massive surge in demand for digitally distributed content is inevitable. As a result,...
