Publishing

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The New Demand for Print… on Demand

With the rising popularity of print-on-demand (POD) publishing, The Economist considers the impact of new technology on our industry. As the power of print becomes the power to press print, will POD prove a boon or a burden for publishing’s supply chain?

More challenges to Google Books

It’s not over yet! The New York Times today reported on a new challenge to Google’s book scanning project.

Print-on-demand brings library collection off the stacks

Two preliminary essays to On the Origin of Species. Family reminiscences of Jane Austen gathered by her nephew. The correspondence between Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt. Charles Dickens, as a journalist, reporting from America. The Cambridge Library Collection is an exciting new collaboration between the library of the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Press, the world’s oldest publisher.

PW On Cambridge 425!

Publisher’s Weekly this week features an article about 425 years of evolution at Cambridge University Press.

Interns Blog: Grammar Nazism vs. Common Sense

Now, I’ve been called a Grammar Nazi many times over, but I do believe there is a clear difference between a person truly deserving of that unfortunate title and others, like myself, who believe that some rules should just be common knowledge for native speakers of the English language.