Aggregation and curation: two concepts that explain a lot about digital change Every time I read a story about why newspapers are failing that doesn't mention the role of aggregation and curation in their troubles, it reminds me that something very … [Continue reading]
Digital change: what’s an independent bookseller to do?
The question of how to plug the independent bookseller into the digital revolution is a knotty one. Nobody has really "solved" it. Two of the smartest guys in the UK, Francis Bennett and Michael Holdsworth, tried to tackle this question in a … [Continue reading]
A slightly different take on the Google settlement
I have read and listened to a lot of dialogue about the Google settlement. I'm not a lawyer and I'm not a librarian or archivist and I'm not a scholar who would be interested in those "non-consumptive uses" I didn't know about before this all … [Continue reading]
Welcome to The Shatzkin Files
When Joe Esposito first told me about blogs in about 2001 or so, there were very few. Michael Cader had PublishersLunch, but if Michael knew that it was an emailed blog, he didn't tell me. And then blogs "happened", as things do: gradually, then … [Continue reading]
Publishing and Digital Change: The Implications for the Book Business in Australia
Good morning. I hope to give you a few things to think about today. And maybe even things to act on without much further thought. We're going to start with a view of what digital technology could mean to the overall world of communication over … [Continue reading]