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The Business of Digital Publishing

by Frania Hall

June 2013

Intermediate to advanced

194 pages

7h 33m

English

Routledge

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A framework for the growth of digitisation in publishing
IntroductionDevelopments towards digital publishingTechnological developments towards digital printingChanging production processes and workflowData warehouses and data asset management systemsConclusion: changing publishing structures
IntroductionTagging, mark-up and the growth of XMLImposing a formatMetadata: data about dataCase study: The importance of metadata for discoverabilityTaxonomies and schemas: organising metadataRDF: dealing with different types of dataTopic mapsOther key developments and frameworks for structured dataManaging rights and digital rights managementConclusion: continuing advances
IntroductionThe web and HTMLHTML5Web 2.0 and social networkingThe semantic webLinked dataConclusion: the more flexible web
IntroductionInformation architectureThe processContent managementSome considerations for CMSEnterprise content managementKnowledge management and storage issuesConclusion: CMS development driving opportunities
IntroductionThe development of ebook formatsThe development of e-readersTablets and the new readershipConclusion: the changing view of the book
Further reading and resourcesQuestions to consider
IntroductionThe benefits of digital publishing for referenceEarly developments in specialist referenceThe early electronic products: CD-ROMsProblems with CD-ROMsDatabase productsInfrastructure requirements and organisational changeThe data assetMigration issues as digital products are developedChanging relationships with customers in the specialist sectorOngoing product developmentPricing and sales modelsFuture developmentsCase study: The White BookConclusionFurther reading and resourcesQuestions to consider
IntroductionContext: the research environmentScholarly research customersPeer review and the role of publishersWho owns the research?The publishing dilemmaThe development of digital productsThe early development of new digital productsWhat current digital products look like and the challenges they faceThe challenges for digital journalsThe monograph: the scholarly publisher’s next challengeFuture directions: problems and opportunitiesConclusionFurther reading and resourcesQuestions to consider
IntroductionContext: introduction to the textbook marketCharacteristics of the schools market for publishingDigital products for schoolsHigher education and e-learningThe development of the e-textbook for schools and the HE marketFuture developments for educational publishersCase study: The development of tablets and Apple’s iBook textbookOther future directionsConclusionFurther reading and resourcesQuestions to consider
IntroductionDevelopment of ebook salesCase study: Early initiativesThe ebook business modelCase study: Providing customer choiceOther digital productsThe impact of digital publishing on the wider consumer environmentFuturising the bookConclusionFurther reading and resourcesQuestions to consider
IntroductionCopyrightCopyright infringementCase study: Google and copyright infringement in mass digitisation programmesPiracyDigital legislationConclusionFurther reading and resourcesQuestions to consider
IntroductionThe drive to global digital rightsThe challenges of digital products when selling rightsPlanning the deal: what do rights people have to bear in mind?ConclusionFurther reading and resourcesQuestions to consider
IntroductionTraditional pricing modelsNew digital format and customer perceptionsDiscounts and intermediaries’ effect on pricingInternet retailers and the price of digital booksPressure to price lowCase study: The wholesale vs agency pricing debateNew ways of buyingThe effects for authorsConclusionFurther reading and resourcesQuestions to consider
IntroductionNew content playersSelf-publishingFinding content: harnessing the power of the crowdThe agentsThreat from big name authorsCase study: Odyssey editionsConclusionFurther reading and resourcesQuestions to consider
IntroductionThe changing value chainReorganising publishing structures in the specialist sectorsPredicting change in trade publishingConclusionFurther reading and resourcesQuestions to consider

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Developments in digital professional reference publishing

In this chapter we will cover:

Reference and the benefits digital opportunities can bring
Early digital developments in professional reference
Issues around migration of customers into a digital environment
The changing relationship with customers and how this has influenced the growth of digital products
Ongoing product development
Pricing and sales models
Future developments

There are many sectors of professional reference publishing, from medical and technical material to legal and financial content. This chapter will focus on the development of legal professional reference publishing but the other areas can be seen to operate in similar ways.

Introduction

One of the first and ...