Tadween Roundup: News and Analysis from the Publishing/Academic World
Tadween Publishing brings you the latest news and analyses
from the publishing and academic worlds that relates to pedagogy and knowledge
production.
Ebook anxieties increase as publishing revolution
rolls on
By Alison Flood (Guardian)
It used to be that if you bought a book it was yours to have, unless you
decided to resell it or give it away. The concept of reselling a purchased book
is not strange, but when you think about reselling your eBooks it might be hard
to comprehend. Alison Flood writes about Amazon’s desire to sell “used” eBooks
and the intangibility of the digital publishing world.
Which Publishers Are the Best at Selling Ebooks in
2013?
By Jeremy Greenfield (Forbes)
We hear about the rising success of self-publishers and eBooks, but how do the
numbers stack up? Digital Book World created a list that ranks how well
publishers are doing in eBook sales.
Free Sites to Promote Your eBook
By Jason Boog
(GalleyCat/MediaBistro)
The book publishing blog GalleyCat has produced a list of sites and forms were
self-published authors can promote their eBooks for free.
The Evolution of Scientific Dissemination: PeerJ
Rises
By Susana Martinez-Conde
(Scientific American)
Has PeerJ found the solution to the open access versus subscription-for-access
fight? Unlike journals who charge readers with heavy subscription fees, PeerJ
takes a route similar to open access and will charge authors $99 to publish one
article per year or $299 for unlimited publishing. Will this be the new model
for other journals to follow?
No Rich Child Left Behind
By Sean F. Reardon (New York
Times)
New York Times’ contributor Sean F. Reardon discusses the well known but
disregarded parallels between education and wealth in America.
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