Mitch Ratcliffe on the ZDNet blog highlights some of the initial problems many see with nascent ebooks. He ties the lack of a standard accepted digital format (with ePub on […]
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Notester
Inside Higher Ed reports this morning on a new online notesharing service that has attracted venture capital and generated some copyright concerns. […]
A few views from the UIC reception, September 17, 2008
Kris & Kendra descend the stairs. UIC staff distribute anniversary bags. Attendees listen to […]
Advance Unrecouped: $5.5 million
Bookslut points the way to a New York magazine article on the book business gloomily titled “The End.” […]
Today! AAUP Book Show reception
The University of Illinois Press is hosting the (traveling) 2008 Book Show of the Association of American University Presses, September 8-19, M-F 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Forty-five winning books and thirty […]
On Joining, Blogging, and Casual Crankitude
Over at The Scholarly Kitchen, Kent Anderson writes about the recent Society for Scholarly Publishing Top Management Roundtable on new media practices central to the future of publishing. One of […]
Publishing neighbor close to sale
PW Daily reports this morning that Sports Publishing LLC, based in our hometown, has had financial difficulties lately and is being sold to a Chicago company. […]
Reduction in university press textbook sales
The Chronicle of Higher Education reported this morning that some in the university press community are concerned about a recent downward trend in textbook sales. “‘I am hearing more and more complaints […]
Ithaka academic library survey
Last week’s Library Journal Academic Newswire reported the recently released results of Ithaka’s 2006 Studies of Key Stakeholders in the Digital Transformation in Higher Education. “Faculty researchers increasingly prefer electronic resources, and most […]
Diversify and conquer
Bookseller.com reported this morning on Penguin’s new business venture: “Penguin is launching a dating website aimed at book readers in conjunction with online dating giant Match.com. The service goes live […]
Free UIP books
We’re giving away free copies of Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers and Circus Queen and Tinker Bell: The Memoir of Tiny Kline as part of LibraryThing’s early reviewer […]
Could Iron Man Handle Copyright?
Here’s Heather on creative communication strategies: We journals production editors have noticed how hard it can be to get important information, resources, and instructions to the busy editors and contributors […]