Articles Posted in the " Publishers " Category

  • US Sues Apple, Publishers

    US Sues Apple, Publishers

    We talk about the lawsuit brought by the US in the most recent Real Tech for Real People, Episode 110.  While we share our thoughts on the pluses and minuses of the lawsuit, I thought it would be good to...


  • Content and Delivery entwined?

    Content and Delivery entwined?

    Must content and delivery be inextricably entwined? For centuries our ability to gather content and disseminated wirh tide is not just to the content but to the media and the physical media that was used for delivery. If you wanted...


  • Ubiquity or Proprietary?

    Ubiquity or Proprietary?

    As you may know, I am looking forward to the day when our “textbooks” will be digital and students can purchase them at a fraction of what they pay now.  Of course, additional savings would be physical (lighter books–in one reader) and the “Green”...


  • The Problem of Pricing: Digital Textbooks are NOT cheap!

    The Problem of Pricing:  Digital Textbooks are NOT cheap!

    I have written extensively 1 about the possible move to digital textbooks, and how an aggressive move to lower pricing could work to benefit the publishers and the students. NOTE:  Please, after reading through here, share your thoughts to my question...


  • Digital Textbooks: Fairness in Pricing after DRM is Hacked

    Digital Textbooks: Fairness in Pricing after DRM is Hacked

    In my last post, I put forward my argument for how digital textbooks can result in a win-win for publishers, students and authors. (Okay, so I didn’t mention the authors. I hope it doesn’t take much to realize that more...


  • Digital Textbooks and “Fair Pricing”

    Those who know me personally know I have a strong desire to see digital textbooks succeed.  I think it has the potential to deliver a Win-Win for most of the major stakeholders, including the authors, the publishers, the environment (potentially)...