We have been making various enhancements to the Exact Editions platform in the last couple of weeks. In many cases these improvements just merge into the slipstream and practically nobody notices. There was a small improvement of this type yesterday, and I am going to mention it because it needs to be noticed.
For a good while we have offered power-users a keyboard command which speeds moving between pages {Ctrl+left, Ctrl+right, for page forward or page back}. These moves speed … Keep Reading
Some magazines will make a successful transition to digital subscriptions and digital distribution. Some will not. The commercial environment for magazine publishers is getting tougher, and the fall in advertising budgets across all media segments is not helping. The magazines that really need to build their digital subscription revenues should get going with the subscription service as soon as possible; and keep in mind that the Subscribers have to have a good reason to subscribe. The subscriptions will not come … Keep Reading
Tank magazine which straddles the worlds of art, architecture, culture, literature and fashion, is now available on the Exact Editions platform.
This is the first IPC magazine to use the Exact Editions platform. Railway magazines seem to do well in this digital format (possibly because the archival search is strong).
A lovely magazine. Toot toot!
Robert Darnton made an impressive cameo presentation speech at JISC’s Oxford Conference on The Library of the Future (Presentations, Twittering). Darnton made some interesting points about Google Book Search and what libraries should be doing (appealing to Google’s better nature and public spirited-ness, which may work?). One throw-away remark of his caught my attention:
“Someone born in 2010 will not feel nostalgia for the printed book.”
He might be right about that. Think about the implications. This … Keep Reading
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