Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 20 May 2013 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Rick Anderson (Signal Distortion - Why the Scholarly Communication Economy Is So Weird); Francois Joseph de Kermadec (Bringing Democracy back to digital); Heather Morrison (Two tough questions for Access Copyright); Peter Coles (The apparatus of research assessment is driven by the academic publishing industry and has become entirely self-serving) and Alex Mayyasi (Why Is Science Behind a Paywall?). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 13 May 2013 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Smith (Convenience versus Community - Is a Deeper Question Hiding Behind the Façade of the Access Debates?); Peter Scott (Scholarly publishing should be set free - but not a free-for-all); Carly Strasser (Some answers to the most common misconceptions about sharing research data);and Joseph Esposito (The Inexorable Path of the Professional Society Publisher). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 06 May 2013 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Convenience versus Community - Is a Deeper Question Hiding Behind the Façade of the Access Debates?); Deborah Emin (Why ebooks&why green e-publishing?); Joseph Esposito (Fighting on Three Fronts - A Presentation to the Council of Scientific Society Presidents); Ciaranoneill (Can open peer review work? Biology Direct suggests it can…); and Curt Rice (Four ways open access enhances academic freedom). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 29 Apr 2013 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Phil Davis (Institutional Repository Study Is Recast in UK Political Light); Pat Thomson (Heroic impact narratives create a dangerous divide between the researcher and the local context); Indiatimes (E-Books Challenge Traditional Reading: Survey); Joseph Esposito (The Law of Unintended Consequences Pays a Visit to the OSTP); and Alison Flood (Ebook anxieties increase as publishing revolution rolls on). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 22 Apr 2013 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (The Dynamics of a Complex and Varied Expense for Journals); Mike Shatzkin (The three forces that are shaping 21st century book publishing: scale, verticalization, and atomization); Eli Horowitz and Russell Quinn (Publishing Companies Are Technology Companies. Now It's Time For Them To Act Like It); Rolf Zwaan (Pre-publication posting and post-publication review will facilitate the correction of errors and will ultimately strengthen published submissions); and Husna Haq (Are e-readers hurting our reading comprehension?). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.