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Publishers are about to make all the same mistakes as the music biz.

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What are you doing about the CPSIA Legislation looming over children's books next month?

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Victor Curran replied to the discussion 'Publishers are about to make all the same mistakes as the music biz.' on Saturday

I'm from the same planet you are. I wrote a lengthy response to the original post on your blog, but here's the executive summary: The survival of textbook publishers will depend on them leveraging the most important difference between en...

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Victor Curran added a blog post February 1

They've been predicting the end of the book for 100 years

In 1910 a French cartoonist named Villemard predicted how book content would be repurposed in the year 2000. Wireless technology was still unimaginable, but I love how the students have no pencils or paper, as if they're downloading their les...

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Victor Curran represents RR Donnelley, America's leading source of printing and communications solutions. He previously managed an STM book publisher's production department, and an award-winning creative/desktop production team. He wrote and taught a book design course at Northeastern University, and has spoken at the Publishing Business Conference and the Emerson College graduate program in publishing. He is a past president of Bookbuilders of Boston, a member of the New England Direct Marketing Association, and he blogs at PublishingMojo.

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They've been predicting the end of the book for 100 years

In 1910 a French cartoonist named Villemard predicted how book content would be repurposed in the year 2000. When he drew this picture, radio had been in use for over a decade, but apparently M. Villemard couldn't imagine textbooks being transmitted wirelessly. Or maybe he just thought it looked funnier with wires. The headsets would have looked right at home in a high-school language lab, circa 1970. I love how the students have no pencils or paper, as if they're downloading their lesson… Continue

Posted on February 1, 2009 at 4:30pm —

From Jack Benny to Michael Jackson: Intentional and Casual Media Use

On Thursday nights in the 1980s, as 9:00 approached, folks reminded each other, "It's time for Cheers." In a ritual institutionalized by three decades of hit TV shows, families gathered around the screen to find out how Sam and Diane (or Sam and Rebecca) were getting along. Up in the high-numbered channels, someone was undermining that ritual. "You'll never look at music the same way again" was their battle cry, but what… Continue

Posted on December 21, 2008 at 9:00pm —

Word up: Frank Romano on book trends

Since his beginnings at the Mergenthaler type foundry, Frank Romano has been the standard bearer for each new wave of innovation in the graphic arts. Industry people have come to regard his utterances with a reverence usually reserved for the Pope, or Seth Godin. There are many who attend lecture after lecture of his. Jimmy Buffett has his Parrotheads, and Frank has his--what should we call ourselves?… Continue

Posted on November 20, 2008 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Emerson College seeks Electronic Publishing Instructor

[Emerson College has a great Publishing program. This is your chance to help launch the next generation of publishing innovators. Post from the Emerson College web site.--VC] Faculty Position Detail Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing Electronic Publishing Description: The Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing (WLP) seeks a one-year, renewable Term (non-tenure track) faculty member to teach digital and on-line publishing on both the undergraduate and graduate le… Continue

Posted on November 18, 2008 at 11:00am —

Who needs hard-copy books?

In a Guy Fawkes Day interview with The 26th Story, Seth Godin counsels publishers, "the market [doesn't] care if you make money . . . and the humility that comes from approaching the market that way matters. It's not 'how can the market make me money,' it's 'how can I do things… Continue

Posted on November 8, 2008 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

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At 4:20pm on November 17, 2008, Travis Bryant said…

Thanks for stopping by my blog! I've added yours to my Google Reader as well. I'm new here at the TOC community too. And the best I can tell things in the industry are changing so fast, a lot of folks (even the big dogs) feel like newbies.
Hopefully we can all learn something to help keep us all on track.

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