Friday, May 04, 2012

News from Publishing Perspectives:


While demand for data mining of scholarly content is mounting, lack of standardization of search technologies, interfaces and licensing terms hinders its use.

Is it better to create and own your content, or to curate and repackage existing content?
The 5th Palestine Festival of Literature takes place this weekend, and has overcome challenges to put together one of the most ambitious programs yet.

In the future, through increased use of QR codes and NFC chips by publishers, any corner, lamppost or surface might become a bookstore. 

NFC chips offer publishers the opportunity to take their digital promotional material into the bookstore. Going forward, how should publishers use this new tech?

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