Posts Tagged ‘Faber’

Free or Fee? Valuing Content in the Digital Era – Part 2

Suzanne Kavanagh | 1:27 pm 30 Mar 10 Comments 1

While boxes around industries are dissolving as everything can be viewed through one device, publishers need to think clearly rather than just tinker with their own model. The traditional linear model of author-to-publisher-to-retailer-to-consumer no longer holds true. Agile project management, reflexive and responsive ways to develop projects and the ability to adapt to change are essential. The industry needs to learn how to build, develop and fail fast so it can learn and move on. We need to move quickly, but think deeply.

Tags: Creative Commons, Faber, Frances Pinter, Open Access, TOC —

Small and Mighty

Jon Reed | 9:52 pm 19 Feb 10 Comments Off

The worst financial crisis in a century, an international banking collapse and global recession: it is enough to make a publisher cry all the way to the bank. But there is a flip side to the doom and gloom: It is possible to thrive — not just survive — in an economic downturn, especially if you are small, flexible and smart.

Tags: blogging, Canongate, Cinnamon Press, Faber, Facebook, I.B.Tauris, Independents, IPG, Recession, second life, SLCN, Snowbooks, The Deal, Twitter, YouTube —