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Continue reading →: Go Read This | Ebooks Don’t Cannibalize Print, People Do « Black Plastic Glasses
I disagree with some of this, in fact with a lot of it, though it does seem that when Evan describes the mechanics of those who have moved to digital reading, he is on the money! While I see the logic behind this understanding – I posit a slightly more…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | David Worlock | Developing digital strategies for the information marketplace | Supporting the migration of information providers and content players into the networked services world of the future.
David is so often on the money, and he nails it here, but crucially the first quote I’ve pulled is only part of the story: In consumer publishing it is really hard to find examples of players once great in print who are now able to operate in network terms…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | The Asymmetry of Waste in the Age of Abundance — A Reversal of Scarcity’s Balance « The Scholarly Kitchen
Great piece on scarcity, abundance, content and strategy, or at least the thinking necessary to get there! The asymmetry of choice in the age of scarcity allowed providers to define the available choices. Now, consumers choose from a myriad of sources and versions. Any asymmetry they may experience in the…
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Continue reading →: Go Read This | A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing: The Acquisitions Editor
Oh for sure he’s pitching a rocket into a pile of mess and it’s gonna offend folks, but there’s lots here that publishers should think about! (Writer pauses, then turns around) Writer: Look, it’s true that I do need a good editor. Editor: See! I told you! (Writer hands Editor…
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Continue reading →: Interesting Story From The Irish Times Today | Unlikely tale of the playwright and the pugilist – The Irish Times – Thu, Sep 23, 2010
Shaw & the boxer to boil it down, worth reading! He was introduced to the bard by a fellow marine en route to France with the American Expeditionary Force; by the time he fought for the heavyweight championship he had plowed his way through the collected works of Shakespeare, and…
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