News from Publishing Perspectives

With the New Cloud/Hosted Services, Are Publishers Changing? A year ago Ted Hill predicted the death of the publishing IT department due to the advent of cloud-based publishing services. He now updates us on the state of change. Read more »

How Do You Use Hosted Services in Your Publishing House? What hosted publishing solutions have you adopted at your publishing house? What have you abandoned? And how do you rate those solutions you use every day? Read more

Media Pioneer Raghav Bahl on India’s vs. China’s Media Models A top Indian media executive explains how China's state-controlled media model and India's democratic one differ, and the opportunities available in each. Read more »

SURVEY: China or India, Which is a Better Investment for Publishers? China and India alike offer big opportunities for publishing investors. But if you had a big pot of money that could go to only one, where would it go? Read more »

Penguin India Launches E-books, Expects 15% Digital Rev in 3 yrs. Penguin India has release 240 titles as e-books on the international, not local, market. An exec says the company expects digital to be 15% of revenue by 2013. Read more »

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A Cloud-Based Subscription Model for Books: The Challenges and Opportunities Justo Hidalgo argues that 24Symbol’s business model is a counterbalance to piracy, fills a need for readers, will generate print sales for publishers. Read more »