Comments on: Books Not Dead

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:19:12 +0000

I would love to be able to see this recorded somehow. It’s an interesting subject. My sister-in-law studied book-binding at a Boston crafting school and she’s incredibly passionate about the possibility of digital publishing replacing traditional print.

Loved your short interview in the Austin Chronicle, and the idea mentioned of print and digital media informing each other is something i’d love to spend time exploring.

By: Zeldman on Publishing – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report

Zeldman on Publishing – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:18:50 +0000

[...] Books Not Dead: “New Publishing and Web Content” Panel Details at zeldman.com [...]

By: Content Strategy Is About Publishing : Incisive.nu

Content Strategy Is About Publishing : Incisive.nu — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:35:45 +0000

[...] a couple of weeks, I’m going to be on a panel called “New Publishing and Web Content” at SXSW Interactive, and I’ve been thinking even more than usual about publishing and [...]

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:28:54 +0000

Do you know if this session will be recorded in any way? I can’t get to SXSW but am very interested in this topic, and what these people have to say about it.

By: Jeffrey Zeldman

Jeffrey Zeldman — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:13:51 +0000

if only all moderators actually had these skills:

Moderation is a tough job. Not everyone gets the concept. Liz Danzico (blog, Twitter) is a great moderator.

By: Hillary Hartley

Hillary Hartley — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:37:35 +0000

if only all moderators actually had these skills:

As moderator, my job will be to let these geniuses speak, to occasionally lob the right question to the right genius, and to help field your questions from the audience.

By: Jeffrey Zeldman

Jeffrey Zeldman — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:21:11 +0000

Wow, Virginia, that's some news! From "Textbooks That Professors Can Rewrite Digitally" by MOTOKO RICH, New York Times, February 21, 2010

Readers can modify content on the Web, so why not in books? A psychology book as seen on DynamicBooks. Macmillan plans to start selling 100 titles in this fashion in August. In a kind of Wikipedia of textbooks, Macmillan, one of the five largest publishers of trade books and textbooks, is introducing software called DynamicBooks, which will allow college instructors to edit digital editions of textbooks and customize them for their individual classes. ...

By: Virginia

Virginia — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:05:04 +0000

I hope you have time to include some discussion of the news that DynamicBooks will be putting about 100 of Macmillan's texts into an editable digital format.