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Publishing and the Digital Revolution.
Article by Edward Picot.
http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=406
From Vooks to ebooks, from the iPad to the Google settlement, and from
print-on-demand to new styles of writing, this article attempts to
analyse the effects of the digital revolution on the publishing
industry, and to make some educated guesses about how things may develop
in the next few years.
"An alternative to the Big Publishing model is already with us, and
despite the odd viral phenomenon it consists in the main of very large
numbers of small-scale products reaching small audiences, rather than
small numbers of very high-profile products reaching huge audiences.
This alternative model is enabled by digital technology, and it replaces
high production values and market-minded editorial controls with the
principle that people's desire to publish themselves and to look at each
other's efforts is itself a profit motor."
Co-published by Furtherfield and The Hyperliterature Exchange.
http://www.hyperex.co.uk/reviewdigitalpublishing.php
Edward Picot's personal website - http://edwardpicot.com
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