End of an Era
This week, the curtain fell on Barnes & Noble as a publicly-traded company with longtime CEO Len Riggio making his exit after decades in the bookselling business.
Cleaning Up the Scientific Method
Researchers at a startup founded by experts in biomedical informatics have developed what they call a credit report for scientific publications. Just like a financial credit report, which shows the fiscal health of a person, this automated analysis shows the hygiene of the scientific paper.
Ingram, Bookazine Move To Fill B&T Retail Void
With Baker & Taylor moving out of trade book retail, it’s been a busy summer for Ingram and Bookazine
A Mueller Report for the Visually-Impaired
Available editions of the Mueller Report failed the accessibility test for the visually-impaired. So Thad McIlroy and Bill Kasdorf went to work making a fully accessible, freely available edition
Amazon Wants You To Read an Audiobook
Just like captions on a TV program, Amazon suggests it may want to show captions on Audible.
A Prescient Start-Up In Toronto
On the World Wide Web as we have known it so far, books, photographs, art, and music have all suffered an identity crisis.
Pearson Bids Print Adieu
From selling books as objects to providing a service
A Book And Much More
Considered from the perspective of technology, a book is an interface, a device for communication. A book is a form factor, too, a physical and metaphorical container, suitable for holding any imaginable human expression.
Elliott Offer for B&N Advances
Shareholders who bought B&N stock in late 2018 when shares were trading for as low as $4.11 should be pleased.
Building A Science Community One OA Book At A Time
Scientific publishing advances human knowledge by sharing the latest discoveries. Now, a 15-year-old publishing startup is adding collaboration and community building to its goals.