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Journal of Scholarly Publishing Volume 42, Number 1 / October 2010 is now
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This issue contains:
<http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/cq3nr5271r466g6l/> The Market
Demand for University Press Books
Albert N. Greco, Robert M. Wharton
Abstract: This article analyzes important US university press net
publishers' revenue and net publishers' unit datasets and e-book revenues
for 2008-9. Data for net publishers' revenues, net publishers' units, and
digital e-book revenues for higher education textbooks, professional and
scholarly books, and consumer e-books were also evaluated covering the years
2008-9.
Drawing on important economic data projections and the publicly available
competitive print and digital strategies crafted by competitors in the
consumer, higher education, and professional and scholarly sectors, the
authors develop net publishers' revenue and unit projections for all of
these book categories for 2010-15.
The university press data sets reveal unsettling declines in revenues and
units for 2008-2015. Addressing these declines, the authors conclude with a
brief series of recommendations, including the rapid adoption of a digital
'e-book' business model in order to reposition the presses in what is
becoming a digital book marketplace.
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<http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/c59l03j5g6420780/> Blog to the
Future?
Angus Phillips
Abstract: A variety of current developments are creating questions over
present models of publishing and scholarly communication. Will new journals
continue to be launched? Will open-access developments such as subject or
institutional repositories reach a tipping point at which libraries will
start to cancel journal subscriptions? Is the journal article too static a
mechanism, by comparison to the ways in which scholars are able to interact
using blogs and wikis? Steadily emerging is a new future for the journal as
part of an overall network of knowledge creation and scholarly
communication. We are moving away from a world in which a few producers
generate content to transmit to a set of users. Instead, the world of
knowledge creation has a variety of routes through which research can be
disseminated and feedback mechanisms facilitated by a range of collaborative
tools.
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<http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/vlj95265524g7071/> Where Will the
Next Generation of Publishers Come From?
Alison Baverstock
Abstract: This essay considers how publishing (the concept and the
associated industry) is understood within society and how to spread
understanding of both the processes involved and the job opportunities
available. It examines traditional publishing recruitment practices and the
skills and competencies sought. It considers the role of publishing within
the academy, its arrival and reception, and how this is changing as more
sector-specific research is published. It looks at course content on an
international basis, how this matches the skills likely to be needed by
future publishers, and the role of the work placement. Finally, it examines
the process of widening and diversifying recruitment, as well as the
practical measures being taken to assist in this process. The author makes a
series of recommendations on how to spread understanding of the publishing
industry and present it as an attractive option to the future workforce;
promote a move to meet the needs of a wider cross-section of society through
encouraging more people to read and gain the quantified benefits thereof;
prioritize excellence in information management and dissemination; and
spread the habit of buying published resources beyond traditional markets.
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<http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/m78202759205xn42/> Journal
Identity in the Digital Age
Bonnie Wheeler
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<http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/67730873056nn301/> Reviews
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