Digital Publishing: The Next Big Deal in Publishing Industry
Books and publishing ecosystem has undertaken a change, owing to the advent of e-books as an effective substitute to physical formats, making literature more verbose and portable. E-books have found preference amongst the younger generation, which can be contributed to its versatility and even the corporate arena, alongside the educational… Read More
Preparing for Open Education Week: 6 Ideas You Can Bring to Campus
Our life is now slowly becoming digital. From books to bank accounts, shopping to entertainment, everything is now very easily available online with just a click of a mouse or even on your fingertips alibi through smartphones. As we slowly turn to digital way of life, we are leaving behind… Read More
Infernal journals and how to spot them
The primary problem with predatory journals is that the articles published on their platforms do not undergo rigorous peer review. Under the conventional peer-review process, once an author submits a paper to a journal for consideration, the journal will then send it out to other scientists for their review. The… Read More
Scientific publishing is rigged – at our expense
Over three quarters of published journal articles are locked behind a paywall of some sort, and fees can approach £25,000 for the very largest journals if libraries fail to purchase subscriptions of bundled titles, which can cost millions. The problem exacerbates in the developing world, where penurious institutions can afford… Read More
Scientific publishers are stealing from you, and you don’t even know it
A STEM student at the University of Connecticut, or a student in any discipline have had to utilise online journal articles at some point. Hitting the ‘paywalls,’ as they have come to be known, is probably just as common as doing research itself. Any student that has ever used Google… Read More
Google Goes to the Cloud for New Idea in PC System
(online.wsj.com): In the personal-computer industry, where things change fast, one fact has been a constant for years: There are two major, mainstream operating systems for consumers. One, Microsoft Windows, runs on many brands of hardware and dominates sales. The other, Apple's Mac OS X, runs only on its maker's Macintosh… Read More
University Presses Face Watershed Moment in Explosion of E-Book Options
(chronicle.com): University presses want to get e-books into libraries and make those books readily discoverable by scholars, but many presses lack the technical resources to pull it off easily. As recently as last fall, they didn't have many noncommercial options if they wanted outside help. But soon they'll have at… Read More
As The E-Reader Trend Grows, So Does Interest From Local Libraries
(palos.patch.com): Although the book publishing industry might have been slower than music and photography in embracing the digital age, the industry is receiving a major jolt from e-reader devices. Palos-area libraries have noticed the trend and either have, or are considering embracing the new technology. Read More
E-books flying off the shelves
(depauliaonline.com): Students buying books for the quarter probably noticed the green "NookStudy" cards lining the shelves. These cardboard slips are the next step in textbook technology: eTextbooks brought to DePaul by Barnes and Noble's NookStudy application. Launched in August 2010, NookStudy consolidates study materials and eTextbooks into one program. Barnes… Read More
Predictions for the Enterprise Tablet Market – by Frost & Sullivan
(nationmultimedia.com): In under a year, tablets have gone from newbie to necessity among technologists and mainstream buyers alike. Apple threw down the gauntlet with the iPad, and more traditional enterprise vendors followed: Cisco (with the Cius), Avaya (Desktop Video Device), RIM (PlayBook) and various vendors supporting the Android operating system.… Read More
