Sep 18, 2011 | News, Podcasts
Typefaces, like superheroes, all have origin stories. From Garamond to Georgia, Palatino to Proforma, the look of letters tracks back in time to a single fascinating moment of origination. Joining CCC’s Chris Kenneally to go beyond the book – diving down to the level...
Aug 28, 2011 | International, News
Content mining is shorthand for “automated information extraction and relationship analysis.” A report from the Publishing Research Consortium notes that content mining is increasingly of value to a broad group of users, from information scientists who use it for...
Aug 21, 2011 | Digital Transformation, News
Recognizing innovation, usability, user experience and quality design, the Publishing Innovation Awards identify excellence in 21st century digital publishing including e-books, enhanced e-books, and book apps. For the 2012 PIAs, entrants are eligible to receive the...
Jul 13, 2011 | Copyright, News
Whether from misguided practices, or misplaced good intentions, or lack of editorial oversight, the Huffington Post is on the carpet this week for aggregation violations that stop just short of plagiarism and copyright infringement. To sort out the rights and wrongs...
Jun 26, 2011 | Best of VOC, Events, News
Subscription services favored over single file sales; no significant difference in behavior of men and women; a typical monthly “spend” of $10. Those are among the findings of a recent survey of 1000 American internet users by the Pew Internet & American Life...
May 8, 2011 | Copyright, News
In the world of scholarly research and publishing, a name – and the reputation that follows – can mean everything. But in the Digital Age, always getting the names right today – and for the future – has proven elusive. Like a family carefully managing its genealogy,...
May 6, 2011 | Copyright, News
In offices from Manhattan to Mountain View, they’re picking up the scattered pieces of the Google Book Settlement. But like Humpty Dumpty in the old rhyme, can the Authors Guild, AAP and Google ever put the Settlement back together again? Next Tuesday, May 10, at 1...
Apr 3, 2011 | Events, News
Subscription services favored over single file sales; no significant difference in behavior of men and women; a typical monthly “spend” of $10. Those are among the findings of a recent survey of 1000 American internet users by the Pew Internet & American Life...
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...
