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Publishing in the Cloud is the next big important subject

July 9, 2012 by Jess 7 Comments

Much of the change we are living through in publishing is plain as day to see. The shift from print to digital, like the shift from stores to online purchasing, is evident to all of us, inside the industry and out. But there’s another aspect of the change that is not nearly as visible and […]

Filed Under: Conferences, New Models, Publishers Launch Conferences, Technology, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alfredo Santana, Andrea Fleck-Nesbit, BISG, Bonnie Russell, Bowker, Bruce Marcus, Chris Hart, Constellation, Copyright Clearance Center, David C Cook, Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, Firebrand Technologies, Hachette, HarperCollins, IBM, John Wiley, Kaplan Publishing, Ken Michaels, Klopotek, Liberty Fund, McGraw-Hill, Metacomet, Michael Cader, Michael Covington, Patricia Gallagher, Perseus, Publishers Lunch, Publishers Marketplace, Publishing in the Cloud, Ralph Munsen, Random House, Rick Joyce, Rick Schwartz, Rightslink, Tata Consulting Services, TCS, Ted Hill, THA Consulting, The Washington Post, Virtusales, Wayne State University Press, Workman, Yuvi Kochar

Ever heard of Tata Consulting? Well, I hadn’t either…

June 6, 2010 by Mike Shatzkin 10 Comments

The publishing industry faces some mammoth challenges that it will be very hard for any one publisher, even the biggest, to address. Costs have to be cut dramatically over the next few years. New technology is going to enable upstarts to compete in the marketplace with far less overhead and infrastructure than legacy publishers have […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain Tagged With: John Wicker, Klopotek, Mark Bide, Publishing Technology, Rightscom, Tata, TCS, VISTA Computer Services

BEA will be a shame to lose, but can it be saved?

June 1, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 12 Comments

Dinner Saturday night. 12 of us. Three spouses who had no particular interest in the BEA. Eight of us with one interest or another in the book business, but no possibility of personally being an exhibitor. And one publishing company CEO with a stand. Of course, I got my money’s worth. I got in free as […]

Filed Under: Community, General Trade Publishing, Industry Events, New Models, Publishing, Supply-Chain, Vertical Tagged With: BEA, Bookmasters, F+W, Frankfurt Book Fair, Klopotek, Martin Levin, Michael Cairns, Richard Nash, Taunton, Wiley

A serious issue for big publishers

April 14, 2009 by Mike Shatzkin 11 Comments

The Google settlement brings into bold relief what has been a quiet issue for book publishers, particularly the biggest ones. They are largely in the dark about what rights they own. It is not really hard to understand why they’re in this position and it isn’t really anybody’s “fault”, but it sure is a mess. […]

Filed Under: General Trade Publishing, New Models, Publishing Tagged With: Google settlement, Klopotek, rights, StartWithXML

A New Project: “StartwithXML, Why and How”

September 12, 2008 by Mike Shatzkin 4 Comments

We have turned our attention to a problem we believe will occupy just about all publishers in the years to come, the opportunities and challenges presented by an XML workflow that starts with the author, or even before there is an author.

Why should you care? Because the world we live in is changing, and XML is the key to mastering the change

Filed Under: Speeches Tagged With: BISAC code, BISG, codeMantra, Daily Lit, eBooks, Jouve, Klopotek, LJNDawson, Magellan Media, McGraw-Hill, O'Reilly Media, Print-On-Demand, Publishing Dimensions, Rosetta Solutions, THA Consulting, XML

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Mike Shatzkin is the Founder & CEO of The Idea Logical Company and a widely-acknowledged thought leader about digital change in the book publishing industry. Read more.

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