Almost 8 years ago I started this blog with a discussion of copyright law. My goal was to catch the eye of Kindle’s Digital publishing group so I could get hired at Amazon. It didn’t work. I did eventually got hired but it had nothing to do with the […]
Publishing
I left teaching to enter a Master's in Publishing program in Canada. These articles all have to do with the publishing industry and the disruption of traditional publishing by the inception and expansion of e-publishing.
This is the swan song for this blog. Every good thing comes to an end, and sadly this blog has reached that end. Due to conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts of interest since I took a job at Amazon I can no longer post on this subject. I will […]
A few examples of the coming shift in publishing can be seen swirling around two Ne(i)(a)ls. Neil Gaiman and Neal Stephenson are on the forefront of what I envision as the next step for authors in the ebook industry. Authors will take more control and profits from their own work, […]
[Note: I just published this yesterday and now I have to revise it! Apple has now made their play for a publishing platform. However a significant difference with Apple’s platform is that they have chosen to slant the platform to established published works by requiring a 13 digit ISBN number. […]
The Elements of Typographic Style is a masterpiece of a dying art. Robert Bringhurst is a man of content and form. He is both a poet and a typographer. And his is a seminal work on Typography. In my lifetime I have watched the desktop publishing revolution supplant 5 centuries […]
The looming problem in ebook copyright may curtail the growth and longevity of this burgeoning industry. The problem seems to be developing in three areas that will only compound over the coming months as different ereaders and ebook retailers enter the market. The three main issues are copyright protection, proprietary […]
The biggest dilemma facing content editors and their consumers in the digital age is copyright protection. Publishers and authors want to protect their Intellectual property and they should have the right to do so. Digital copies are a serious threat to the profits of publishers, and the livelihood of authors […]
ETEXTBOOK DREAM The glossy ads of ereader device makers would have you believe that they will usher in a new era of reading. They claim their devices will revitalize newspapers, magazines, and textbooks by transforming them into multimedia formats of Potter-esque perfection. And that vision may someday be realized, but […]