Counting the Holes in the Swiss Cheese: “Read and Publish” Discovers America
The read-and-publish business model has been introduced to the U.S. by MIT and the Royal Society of Chemistry. It has implications for publishers, however, that must be studied carefully. The post...
View ArticleWhy Hasn’t the Academy Taken Back Control of Publishing Already?
Perhaps the academy has not taken control of scholarly publishing because it doesn’t want to. The post Why Hasn’t the Academy Taken Back Control of Publishing Already? appeared first on The Scholarly...
View ArticleGood Data, Bad Data, You Know I’ve Had My Share: Library Book Acquisition...
We have had assumptions about the academic book market that probably are just not true. The post Good Data, Bad Data, You Know I’ve Had My Share: Library Book Acquisition Patterns appeared first on The...
View ArticleRival Ecosystems: The Increasingly Porous Boundary between Institutional and...
Institutional and consumer markets are becoming more closely linked because of Amazon's powerful value proposition, making it necessary for academic book publishers to create consumer services of their...
View ArticleHow Traditional Publishing Works
Thus the defining property of traditional publishing is editorial selection. That is what publishing is about. The post How Traditional Publishing Works appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
View ArticleThe Coming Wave of Affordable Textbooks
At the Charleston conference this year, a panel on the library's role in providing affordable textbooks showed the way to great savings and innovation in instructional materials. The post The Coming...
View ArticleUpstreaming: The Migration of Economic Value in Scholarly Publishing
As publishers increasingly lose control of the final stage of the publishing process, they are looking elsewhere to extract economic value. They are finding it upstream, in the various linked processes...
View ArticleThe Double-bind Theory of Scholarly Publishing
What the public wants is better science, not open science. Plan S has put those two forces in conflict, and it is driving everybody crazy. The post The Double-bind Theory of Scholarly Publishing...
View ArticleExtracting Book Data from Library Information Systems
Despite increasingly sophisticated library automation, the data on books in libraries is often hard to come by. The post Extracting Book Data from Library Information Systems appeared first on The...
View ArticleRevisiting: Governance and the Not-for-profit Publisher
How can not-for-profit organizations outcompete their commercial rivals? Revisiting Joe Esposito's 2011 post that lays out a blueprint for success. The post Revisiting: Governance and the...
View ArticleStrategic and Non-strategic Society Publishing
Many society publishers, concerned about the disruptive implications, of Plan S, are nervously considering selling off their publishing assets. The post Strategic and Non-strategic Society Publishing...
View ArticleWhere Does a University Press Sit in its Parent’s Priorities?
The unfortunate news about cutbacks at Stanford University Press makes it clear that all presses must develop strategies to make them more central to the university's set of priorities. The post Where...
View ArticleThe New “University Journals” in the Marketplace
For “University Publishing” to succeed by any measure, however, it is going to have to attract a lot of authors. The post The New “University Journals” in the Marketplace appeared first on The...
View ArticleInternal Contradictions with Open Access Books
Consolidation and concentration are inherent properties of media in a networked environment. The post Internal Contradictions with Open Access Books appeared first on The Scholarly Kitchen.
View ArticleA Case for Popularization: A Review of Rockonomics
Bringing the authority of the academy to a broad audience should be second only to original research itself, especially if the research community hopes to retain or even increase the public’s support...
View ArticleBuilding a Brain Trust
Building a brain trust is a key part of the tasks of a CEO, as some difficult questions require the guidance and reflection of trusted advisors. The post Building a Brain Trust appeared first on The...
View ArticleChefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During 2018 Part 1
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year. Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow. The post Chefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During...
View ArticleChefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During 2019 Part 1
The beginning of the holiday season means it’s time for our annual list of our favorite books read during the year. Part 1 today, Part 2 tomorrow. The post Chefs’ Selections: The Best Books Read During...
View ArticleAsk The Chefs: New Normal Part 1
From binge watching, binge listening, reconnecting with neighbors and old friends, Zoom happy hours or Zoom family game nights, to cooking, exercising, and gardening, we're all figuring out how to get...
View ArticleGood vs. Evil? Finding the Right Mix of For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Services
Today, Joe and Roger analyze the variety of firms to which the academy can outsource scholarly communication and adjacent priorities: consortia, societies, and commercial enterprises. The post Good vs....
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