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February 6th, 2018

As the Printing Industry Burns

There’s money to be made in dying industries, that’s for certain. Case in point, Cenveo Corporation. Last Friday, February 2nd, Cenveo filed for bankruptcy. As reported on Bloomberg, the company listed “more than $1.4 billion in debts and about $790 million in assets in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition…” Yes, that sounds like a bankrupt company.

January 8th, 2014

BOOKISHNESS: 3D Printing adds Exceptional Value

I started floating the idea of “bookishess” last spring. It’s a simple concept. Ebooks and print books each have notable advantages and disadvantages (they are in fact complementary media, not conflicting media). But print books often get lost in the online battle: Every time Amazon adds a single percent to its market share, a beautiful…

July 22nd, 2012

Cloud Computing and the Future of Publishing

Last winter The Green Sheet, a printing industry newsletter, published my contrarian look at the hype surrounding cloud computing. The topic continues to spread across all industries as ever-increasingly the software we use moves from dedicated single-use installed applications to shared network resources. This, I argue, is big news for vendors selling cloud-based services. It’s not…

January 17th, 2010

Adobe Drives Another Stake Through the Heart of Print

No press release was issued by Adobe, but a few press outlets caught the story. I found it the other day in PrintAction‘s weekly enewsletter. Clive Chan, PrintAction‘s associate editor, tells me that he picked up the story from Macworld UK. Further searching brings me to a blog entry from January 4, 2010 by the excellent journalist Cary…