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Improving scientific publishing
Rejecta Mathematica, an open-source academic journal that recently went online. As its name suggests, the new journal publishes only papers that have been previously submitted to, and rejected.
2009-08-05 to economist, publishing, science by poppa_large
The X-Rated Emperor
Launching Penthouse in 1965 to subsidize his painting, Bob Guccione turned graphic porn, muckraking journalism, and tabloid headlines into one of the greatest success stories in magazine history, the cornerstone of a multi-million-dollar publishing empire
2008-08-08 to bestof, business, life, profile, publishing, sex by bagoly
Jeff Howe: Breaking the News
In case you missed the headlines , the ink-on-paper daily news business is in the middle of a long, painful, and seemingly irreversible decline. Newspaper circulation has dropped 30 percent since 1985.
2007-09-16 to bestof, business, decline, media, newspapers, publishing by soobrosa
Chris Baker: The Dorks Behind Penny Arcade, an Obscure Webcomic Turned Vidgame Empire
This is the story of how two douches from Spokane, Washington, became the most powerful players in the videogame industry.
2007-08-30 to business, comics, game, publishing by soobrosa
Joe Hagan: Dave Eggers' Small Notion
With Might, he says, it “seemed crazy that an advertiser--or a 22-year-old media planner--could determine whether or not your magazine had merit, how many pages you could print or whether (in the end) you existed at all.”
2006-12-08 to books, publishing by soobrosa
John Updike: The End of Authorship
So, booksellers, defend your lonely forts. Keep your edges dry. Your edges are our edges. For some of us, books are intrinsic to our sense of personal identity.
2006-07-12 to authorship, book, media, publishing by soobrosa

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