A look at a the week’s round of web musing on the future of publishing in concept, creative work, and technical production, after Frankfurt Book Fair.
Can Charlie Redmayne Lead HarperCollins UK to Victory?
Ex-army man Charlie Redmayne may have left Pottermore to take the helm at HarperCollins UK, but he’s not taking sides in the war between print and digital.
Success with Erotica, 3D Sex App Leads Publisher to Meet the Queen
Welsh publisher Xcite Press offers short, erotic fiction that has found great success targeting older women — and has even been honored by the Queen.
The Future of Publishing is “Anywhere, Anytime, Anyhow”
By Daniel Kalder NEW YORK: Founded seven years ago, MarkLogic is the maker of a database for “unstructured data” — which these days consists of 80% of the information on the Internet, including documents, emails, social media posts, tweets, pictures, video, blogs, and research data. Currently growing at an exponential rate, managing this type of information can be time-intensive and …
German Technology Spotlight: Tripwolf (www.tripwolf.com)
By Siobhan O’Leary From top US sunset spots to the summer holidays of Silvio Berlusconi, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Il, any number of unique travel itineraries can be conjured up when travel tips from traditional travel guides are combined with user-generated content. Based in Vienna, Tripwolf is a mobile social travel guide that does just that — it pairs travel …
Skipping Steps: How Web 2.0 Technology Can Transform Our Industry (and our Lives)
By Riky Stock Attending Web 2.0 at the Sheraton New York this week along with visionaries, marketing professionals, and web experts was like stepping into the future and realizing the future really isn’t that far away. In my version of the immediate future I imagine myself owning own a pair of “augmented reality visors” just like the ones I learned …
Report from Guadalajara’s FIL: “We’re Living in One of History’s Hinge Moments”
By Edward Nawotka GUADALAJARA: The annual Feria Internacional del Libro (FIL)—otherwise known as the Guadalajara International Book Fair—finished up last week. Considered by many to be among the most enjoyable of all international book fairs, FIL also featured some provocative deep-thinking about the future of the publishing industry in the Americas. Publishing Perspectives spoke with John W. Warren, Director of …
Scholarly Wins: AAP Names Its PROSE Category Honors
Some 40 category winners and 105 finalists are named the 2023 edition of the American Association of Publishers’ annual PROSE Awards.
The UK’s Bournemouth University Opens Its New Media Writing Prize to Entries
The New Media Writing Prize is in its 13th year at Bournemouth University, and is open now for entries in digital, interactive works.
‘Amplified Publishing’: Kate Pullinger Leads a New Exploration
The author, university professor, and evolving-media specialist opens a new project in creative work and the digital context.