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 4, 2010 | Best of VOC, Copyright, International, Podcasts
As the Frankfurt Book Fair prepares to open, the global publishing industry continues to feel its way into new content territory, where text meets film, music, and even video games. In its debut year, “StoryDrive” – a “professional meeting place for the international...
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...
Sep 5, 2010 | Best of VOC, Copyright, Podcasts
“I wouldn’t say I’m concerned about the future of authors,” Peter Brantley tells Chris Kenneally, “but I think that authors have something to be concerned about as we move into a digital future.” The director of the Internet Archive’s BookServer project, a...
Aug 30, 2010 | Copyright, Podcasts
With core funding now in place, the PLUS Registry – a global online resource which connects images, rights holders and rights information – is set to launch this fall. By special arrangement with the American Society of Media Photographers, Beyond the Book...
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,...
