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  Warnings and Cautions for Writers--Electronic Publication
Electronic publishers have proved their staying power over the past few years, but the commercial publishing world still has a tendency to discount or devalue independent epublishers and their authors.
A publisher that charges a fee or requires you to buy something as a condition of publication is either a vanity publisher or a self-publishing service, no matter what its claims to the contrary.
EPIC (Electronically Published Internet Connection) is a professional organization for published and contracted ebook and print authors, established to provide a strong voice for electronic publishing.
www.sfwa.org /beware/epublishers.html   (2352 words)

  
 Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
he Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB) was published by the University of Houston Libraries from 1996 to 2006.
Most sources were published between 1990 and 2006; however, a limited number of key sources published prior to 1990 were also included.
An article about the development and utilization of SEPB was published in The Journal of Electronic Publishing.
epress.lib.uh.edu /sepb/sepb.html   (281 words)

  
 '96 UNESCO Conference, PG
Electronic publishing in science has recently become the focus of an increasing number of workshops and conferences, typically including representatives from professional societies and other scholarly publishing concerns, and members of the library community; but only a small or vanishing participation from actual researchers.
With an example of an electronic system that physicists will voluntarily and actively use in hand, it is illuminating to consider how a poor understanding of the properties and potentialities of the electronic medium can lead to badly mistaken implementations.
As argued by Odlyzko (1994), it is premised on a paper medium that was difficult to produce, difficult to distribute, difficult to archive, and difficult to duplicate -- a medium that hence required numerous local redistribution points in the form of research libraries.
people.ccmr.cornell.edu /~ginsparg/blurb/pg96unesco.html   (3937 words)

  
 WSU: Electronic Publishing & Appropriate Use Policy
Electronic mail is backed up and retained in accordance with record retention requirements of state law and WSU policy.
WSU employees may access all electronic mail or files on another employee's computer with that employee's permission, or with a supervisor's approval, when that employee is unavailable and access is for a legitimate business purpose.
Supervisors who access electronic files or give permission to access individual files shall do so in a manner that is consistent with any research and/or confidentiality agreements which may apply to those files.
www.wsu.edu /ElectronicPolicy.html   (2736 words)

  
 electronic publishing channel | epublishing news and information links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Electronic publishing refers to the distribution of information, art, or software in any eletronic form, usually on some type of physical medium such as CD-ROM, floppy disk, or magnetic tape, or across a computer network, such as the Internet or a publicly accessible dial-up bulletin board or online service.
Electronic distribution of information, art, or software through the World Wide Web or FTP sites or, in some cases, through mailing lists or news groups is divided into commercial and non-commercial distributions or publishing.
The Electronically Published Internet Connection is a professional organization of published authors, established to provide a strong voice for electronic publishing.
www.xenite.org /channels/electronic-publishing.html   (1349 words)

  
 Economics Bulletin - Electronic Publishing
Access to electronically published research does not depend on the particular contents of one’s university library (contents that grows increasingly limited due to the rapid rise in serial subscription prices).
As a result, papers published electronically are likely to have a larger audience and thus, more impact, all else equal.
Publishing an article in a highly regarded journal helps to establish the reputation of a scholar and ensures wide exposure for his or her research contributions.
economicsbulletin.vanderbilt.edu /EPublishing.asp   (1802 words)

  
 JEP: The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
The Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography (SEPB) is an electronic book that currently presents citations for over 1,400 selected English-language articles, books, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet.
By 1995, the electronic publishing literature was growing rapidly, reflecting both the intense activity in the field as it matured and the catalytic effect of new, more sophisticated distribution tools like Gopher and the Web.
But, as long as it is published, the bibliography will continue to cover an ever-changing body of relevant literature, to adapt its structure, and to selectively incorporate the use of new publishing tools.
www.press.umich.edu /jep/07-02/bailey.html   (2767 words)

  
 EPSG: Electronic Publishing Specialist Group
Electronic publishing covers a multitude of subjects, and keeping up to date with the field requires continuous study.
Publishing brings together people from very different backgrounds, and to be successful these people must learn to appreciate and understand each other's expertise.
We know that professionals in publishing need to understand a vast range of products, systems and file formats; and that much of the real struggle is to get all the elements to work together.
www.epsg.org.uk   (349 words)

  
 Publishing Guide: Academic publishing and the e-monograph
A European perspective appears in The Impact of Electronic Publishing on the Academic Community, the proceedings of a 1997 workshop organized by Academia Europaea and the Wenner-Gren Foundation.
Scholarly Electronic Publishing In The Sciences and Humanities, a report from the University of Calgary, is significant for its examination of user responses to electronic publication.
Initial enthusiasm for web publishing of academic dissertations - under the auspices of institutions or by individual authors - appears to have waned since the mid-1990s, when it was promoted as a fundamental "step towards breaking the stranglehold of the publishers on scholarly publishing".
www.caslon.com.au /publishingguide6.htm   (1734 words)

  
 MA/MSc Electronic Publishing
Sarah Richardson (an Electronic Publishing graduate from 2004) has become a partner in WeddingPath (www.weddingpath.com), an innovative start-up helping users plan their nuptials.
Electronic Publishing graduate Jed Richards has been appointed as a Flash designer with Arc Interactive.
Electronic Publishing graduate Pete Goodman will soon be joining award-winning web design agency Tonic.
www.city.ac.uk /journalism/courses/postgrad/ep/index.html   (670 words)

  
 EP Plan
Authors who argue that the publishing process ends with publication are forgetting the importance of archiving to the preservation of their work.
Although publishers say it is not in their mission to cater to academic concerns for recognition, tenure, and promotion, these concerns nonetheless have been a powerful engine in the scientific publishing industry.
Publishers that learn to provide well-structured knowledge through digital libraries and easy-to-use tools will be the main survivors and successful entrepreneurs in the new medium.
www.acm.org /pubs/epub_plan.html   (5146 words)

  
 Electronic Publishing
This may be the most succesful electronic publishing effort in the sciences.
From the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, its goal is to pioneer in electronic communication of scholarly materials.
Publishers, editors, technical staff, programmers, librarians, and end-users are welcome to join.
http-server.carleton.ca /~nholtz/ElectronicPublishing.html   (1096 words)

  
 Electronic Publishing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The analysis runs as follows: identify characteristics of the market, confront that with the trend towards electronic publishing, see how that changes the strategies and role of publishers, assess market perfomance and identify the role of the government is such an environment.
An electronic archive of works deemed thoughtful and provocative as well as reflective of the current issues and trends in electronic publishing.
Subsequent electronic conversations between the principals and interested parties continue until now (the last message captured in the book is dated March 21, 1995).
www2.sims.berkeley.edu /resources/infoecon/EPublish.html   (1053 words)

  
 Electronic publishing : guide to best practices for Canadian publishers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In Canada as elsewhere, the nascent field of electronic publishing is confusing and fraught with unanswered questions.
The purpose of this document is to provide publishers with an introduction to the pros and cons of various approaches to electronic publishing.
As a 'living' electronic document, this manual will respond to the issue of constant change in the field of electronic publishing through regular adaptation and iteration.
www.collectionscanada.ca /9/13/index-e.html   (249 words)

  
 Hutton Electronic Publishing fills a need for more new printed books and e-books to be available and to give new ...
Hutton Electronic Publishing fills a need for more new printed books and e-books to be available and to give new authors a chance to showcase their work.
Hutton Electronic Publishing was founded to fulfill a need for more new books to be available to the reading public and to give new authors a chance to showcase their work, as well as to revive books from the past that are worthy of a second (or fifteenth) read.
Visit our bookstore for a selection of books in various categories: in fiction, for something to enthrall you for a few hours, taking you out of your everyday life and transporting you to places far beyond the imagination where you will meet all sorts and conditions of humankind and share in their lives.
huttonelectronicpublishing.com   (273 words)

  
 Electronic Scholarship
In a volume devoted to particular electronic projects in the humanities, I thought it might be useful to talk about the context in which this activity is taking place.
With few exceptions, academics have not successfully addressed the public on the more global effects of computers, networks, and electronic communication, and where they have, their discourse has generally fallen prey to the impulse to celebrate or to condemn the imagined, rather than to analyze or even extrapolate from the real.
On the other hand, the elegy for vanishing values in an electronic age is a popular genre which academics and the tweedier pundits have had more or less to themselves.
jefferson.village.virginia.edu /~jmu2m/mla-94.html   (3201 words)

  
 Oklahoma State University Library Electronic Publishing Center
In cooperation with the Oklahoma Ornithological Society, the Electronic Publishing Center digitized the first thirty-seven volumes of this collection, which details the history of birds in Oklahoma.
In cooperation with the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Electronic Publishing Center digitized the first twenty volumes of this collection, which details and highlights the rich history of Oklahoma.
Published between 1929-1933 and continuing in 2005, these volumes represent scholarly publishing unique to the state of Oklahoma.
digital.library.okstate.edu   (445 words)

  
 Electronic Publishing - MLPedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
We are exploring a constructionist approach to the development of personal and community publishing tools with the hope that it will support iteration and reflection in ways that static tools do not.
To achieve this engagement with information expression, we are exploiting a unique feature of electronic media: you can look under the hood in a way that no previous medium allowed.
We are attempting to remove the barriers to programming within the domain of publishing by building into our languages a representation of domain knowledge, but also representations of local knowledge (that which dictates local cultures and norms) and knowledge about people (that which is invariant among us).
pedia.media.mit.edu /wiki/Electronic_Publishing   (1006 words)

  
 BUBL LINK: Electronic publishing
Focuses on electronic publishing from three viewpoints: the preservation of academic material, past, current and future, access to such material in digital form, and quality issues including peer refereeing and authentication.
An article on electronic publishing arguing that the authors of scientific works based on government-supported research should be free to distribute those works as they see fit, via journals, electronic postings, and other new modes that may appear.
Report of an eLib supporting study, published April 1998, to investigate the incidence and nature of the publishing of electronic scholarly monographs and textbooks in the UK.
bubl.ac.uk /link/e/electronicpublishing.htm   (1539 words)

  
 EPS (Electronic Publishing Services Ltd)
On the 22nd August 2006 we announced the acquisition of Electronic Publishing Services Ltd. (EPS) of London by Outsell, Inc. Both firms have long been committed to giving the publishing and information services industry and its stakeholders a strong voice.
Together we are the only research and advisory firm covering all aspects of the information industry worldwide, and we are thrilled to be working together.
For organisations who need to understand and respond to the constant challenges of the publishing industry, we provide subscription-based informed market intelligence and trusted confidential advice.
www.epsltd.com   (253 words)

  
 i-DLR - Interactive Digital Library Resource Information System
The report provides an excellent summary of the electronic publishing industry and its impact on libraries.
The author explores the costs of electronic publishing and changes in the way that text is brought to the reader.
The author explores barriers to Arab researchers who try to publish their articles in the Arab world and attitudes of Arab academics towards electronic publishing.
www.coe.missouri.edu /~DL/iDLR/index.php?cid=26   (1389 words)

  
 oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: Electronic Publishing on CD-ROM
Publishers are no longer limited to paper and ink.
And publishing has become a more democratic activity -- with the explosive growth of both the Internet and CD-ROM technology, more and more people are publishing their own titles.
It discusses the special qualities of electronic documents, touches on a number of emerging technologies, and looks briefly at intellectual property issues for electronic publishing.
www.oreilly.com /catalog/cdrompub   (818 words)

  
 What is electronic publishing? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
Coe-Truman Technologies: Electronic Publishing - Catapult allows marketers to create print, web, and CD catalogs using a single system that will result in faster production and increased sales.
Electronic Publishing: AuthorHouse - AuthorHouse is an innovator in electronic publishing.
Publishing Power supplies print and electronic publishing services worldwide in several different languages.
www.webopedia.com /TERM/E/electronic_publishing.html   (523 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Official Adobe Electronic Publishing Guide: Books: Adobe Creative Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
This is an attractive full-color book with a simple approach, ideal for managers who need to plan publishing strategies and see to their completion, but who don't necessarily need to tackle the nitty-gritty tasks usually left to designers and technical experts.
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can make it available as an eBook on Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com /Official-Adobe-Electronic-Publishing-Guide/dp/1568304692   (1020 words)

  
 Seybold opens chapter on digital books | Tech News on ZDNet
Besides serving as a new distribution channel for conventional publishers, Fatbrain (Nasdaq:FATB) plans to let authors publish their own works on the site, setting their own book prices and keeping half the profits.
The breakthroughs are leading authors to bypass publishers, retailers to become publishers and publishers to become bookstores.
Among the latest developments: Adobe Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:ADBE), the biggest maker of publishing software, today is announcing plans at a San Francisco trade show to modify its widely used document format to protect digital documents from unauthorized copying.
www.zdnet.com /zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2324939,00.html   (1222 words)

  
 MIT Media Lab: Research at the MIT Media Lab
Our research is exploring a "constructionist" approach to the development of personal and community publishing tools in order to help increase the level of personal and community participation and appropriation.
So we are exploting a unique feature of electronic media: you can tinker under the hood because every Web browser allows any content to reveal its inner structure.
The pioneering research of the Electronic Publishing group has explored a "constructionist" approach to the development of personal and community publishing tools in order to help increase the level of personal and community participation and appropriation.
www.media.mit.edu /research/ResearchPubWeb.pl?ID=29   (361 words)

  
 Electronic Publishing ( ePublishing, Web Publishing, and Online Publishing) Definition
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING DEFINITION (continued): … the inverse of the traditional model in the publishing industry.
Exceptional efficiencies of scale are attained by this method, as publishers no longer have to maintain inventory, deal with remainders or disappoint readers or authors with out-of-print books.
As a result of these efficiencies, electronic publishers are able to offer authors considerably higher royalties than those generally found within the traditional publishing industry -- as high as 50% in some cases.
www.bitpipe.com /tlist/Electronic-Publishing.html   (315 words)

  
 Open Directory - Business: Publishing and Printing: Publishing: Electronic: E-Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Artemis Press - Electronic publisher of feminist and lesbian fiction and nonfiction e-books in Acrobat PDF and Palm formats for the worldwide women's community.
Brown Bear Press - Brown Bear Press is an independent ebook publisher, dedicated to providing a venue for thought-provoking, original material that is overlooked by the larger publishers.
Crowsnest Books - Publisher that is best known for e-books and print-on-demand novels in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres.
dmoz.org /Business/Publishing_and_Printing/Publishing/Electronic/E-Books   (1398 words)

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