I’ve been in publishing a long time, and I’ve generally been a fan of copyright restrictions. Those encyclopedia or history books? A lot of hard work goes into making those facts accurate, accessible and compelling. But a couple of recent(ish) happenings are giving me cause to rethink how we are applying copyright laws. “Ambulance chasing” … Read more What is Copyright Protecting?
Linda Holliday, founder and CEO of Semi-Linear, has “New media habits with old media tastes.” I have a similar problem, which I usually refer to as “so many books, so little time.” Semi-Linear has released a new product – Citia – that deconstructs major non-fiction works and lets readers (users) peruse the major themes, digging … Read more What’s the Point?
Media Post recently had an interesting analysis of the once-golden The Street’s fall. For publishers, there is one especially thought-provoking point: Finance is TOO timely. Finance is one of the most valuable verticals in both an absolute and relative sense: total advertising across the banking and financial services sector is amongst the largest, and … Read more Too Timely