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April 28th, 2021

Publishing’s Problem is not a Tech Problem

Three different items “crossed my desk” this week that made me think more about the role of technology in the future of book publishing. They’re from different sources, but the messages converge. The first item was a March blog post by Benedict Evans. (His excellent free weekly newsletter is a ‘must-subscribe’; the paid version is…

July 29th, 2011

Hulu and the Future of Publishing

The difficulties facing online TV website Hulu are a mirror to the challenges facing all publishers as we move toward the future. Brian Stelter held up that mirror in an excellent article in last weekend’s New York Times. It’s the best piece I’ve read this year examining the future of publishing. Anyone familiar with this site…

June 22nd, 2011

The Publishing App is Dead

In The Wall Street Journal today the ever-reliable Walt Mossberg reviews the first Google Chrome computers. Of course the first version ain’t very good, and they really screwed up on the pricing. But it is the future (or part of it, anyway).