It’s a Metaphor Fool: How mimicry and nostalgia in design have hindered user...
Users are obsessed with mimicry and nostalgic for the past. You can buy a cellphone case that look like a nintendo controller, or a wine glass that looks like a pint glass—but in the end you still...
View ArticleReader at the Helm: The Active Engagement of Online Reading
Publishers have long struggled with translating print content onto the web. The perception that digital platforms should be consistent with that of the passive print format has been a persistent...
View ArticlePrototyping is Good for User Experience
By Summer Zhang Prototype may aptly be defined as an original and working model of a new object and it can also be a new form of the existing product. It is designed such that it may serve as a...
View ArticleTime to Invest in Stock: Publishing and the Stream
Whether we know it or not, web users are all immersed in “the Stream.” It’s a simple, organic term for the rushing digital deluge of information. This paper explores the arrival and implications of the...
View ArticleVideo Games as Title Generators – Chronicling the History of Azeroth and More
Amanda Peters Title generation: the bane of publishers throughout the ages. When you can’t just take anything, what do you take? There are only so many Harry Potters and Lords of the Rings in the world...
View ArticleNext Big Thing?: Next Issue and the Future of Magazines
Over 83% of Canada’s population is active online. According to Maclean’s Magazine, along with this, as of November 2013 a strong majority of Canadians use the internet for more than just browsing...
View ArticleWhy Assign Fictional Characters an ISNI
Very few fictional characters have International Standard Name Identifiers—but it's important for them to be registered. Characters are real people.
View ArticleBoundless books: The role of context in reading’s digital future
The book, in its printed and widely-available form, has existed for nearly six hundred years. Trade publishing is what I affectionately think of as an industry fuelled by love, bestowed on a special...
View ArticlePenguin Random who? Any house is fine, thanks
John Doe doesn’t care who published his next great read. Yet, industry experts agree that publishers of any size should care about enforcing their brand. In 2003, it was mainly the familiarity with the...
View ArticleData Journalism: Adoption at its Slowest
Preamble I’m having a hell of a time explaining to my friends and family what exactly I’ll be doing at my upcoming internship at Penguin Random House. First, I shout in jubilation, “I’ll be merging the...
View ArticleYou’re so vain: debunking the self-publishing stigma
Justin Bieber. When a talent scout discovered his homemade videos on YouTube, no one thought, “you’re so vain.” In fact, if imitation is the finest form of flattery, then wanna-be musicians, who began...
View ArticleNosy Crow: Lessons Learned From Children’s Book Apps
Nosy Crow has some of the best book apps on the Apple App Store today and they have continued to improve upon their past successes. They have successfully translated some of their picture books into...
View ArticleMicrodata: you know you want it
Or do you? Probably not. I didn’t know I wanted it. I didn’t even know what it was. What it is, apparently, is this: Your web pages have an underlying meaning that people understand when they read the...
View ArticleReadk.it to the rescue—throwing publishers an ebook buoy
On November 19, 2007, Jeff Bezos and his behemoth of an online bookstore launched the first generation Amazon Kindle in the United States and ultimately announced the future of electronic readers ....
View ArticleThe Future of Scholarly Monographs in a Rapidly-Changing Publishing Landscape
Introduction Over the past few decades, the world of publishing has witnessed many remarkable revolutions, transforming the face of the entire book industry today. The widespread developments include...
View ArticleAmazon: The Big, Bad Wolf
We all know the story of the big bad wolf, whether from Little Red Riding Hood, or The Three Little Pigs. It is a trope in morality tales going back farther than all of our lifetimes. The big, bad wolf...
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