Bloggers simply can’t have all the fun in the world of electronic publishing. True scholarship in the publishing industry can be hard to find, especially when data and finances are so often held under strict lock-and-key at the level of the publisher’s office, much less with Amazon’s reluctance to share hard numbers (until recently of course). But there are well-written and knowledgeable authors, publishers, and industry pundits doing their best to present high-quality information for the benefit of the public and their often resistant colleagues. Though there are many that deserve recognition, the pages below list a few choice sources that temper and solidify the opinions already offered in blogs.
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Scholars on DRM
The following pieces are strong resources for investigating the strengths and weaknesses of Digital Rights Management in its current uses. They have been arranged by author. “The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution” by Peter Biddle, Paul England, Marcus Peinado, and Bryan Willman. “We investigate the darknet – a collection of networks and technologies …
Scholars on the State and Future of Publishing
The following pieces are strong resources for investigating larger issues–like intellectual property theory, loss of public domain, and business model development–that electronic publishing faces. They have been arranged by author. “The Changing Meaning of `Unauthorized Access’” by Julie Cohen (a recorded lecture) My Thoughts: Cohen reviews types of access under the DMCA “frameworks” of “innovation, …
