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Lifelines and Funeral Rites in the Publishing World -

(scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org): The publishing world is going through life and death experiences (with plenty of deaths recorded with grim glee at the Magazine Death Pool). It’s certainly not because there isn’t a lot to learn about publishing. It’s probably due to a few changes that mirror shifts in the publishing landscape. Publishing isn’t as lucrative as it once was, so an optional meeting like the SPPC became the object of budget cuts. Learning from senior executives became less meaningful in an age of disruption. Other meetings from smaller organizations drew attendees away, making it harder to fill a long course like Stanford’s Online options (blogs, webinars, email newsletters) emerged to satisfy the ongoing professional education needs. The overall definition of who published expanded, making it harder for a single course to find an addressable audience

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