Category Archives: New Technology

Self-Publishing: Threat or Menace?

Someone asked recently in a Book Industry Study Group (BISG) post: “Does anyone else out there, besides me, think that self-publishing should just go away and let ‘real’ publishing take over again?” Interesting question. But I don’t think that the … Continue reading

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Down the Rabbit Hole with the Espresso Book Machine

Published in IPNE newsletter, June 2010 A group of fifteen IPNE members visited Harvard Book Store on June 4th, to witness the digital revolution turn yesterday’s “gentleman’s business” of publishing into everyman’s global printing press. The Espresso Book Machine (EBM), squired … Continue reading

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ABA to BEA and Beyond

Published in the IPNE Newsletter–June 2010   Back when BookExpo America (BEA) was the American Booksellers Association (ABA) Convention and Trade Exhibit, this was the biggest, most lavish book conference in the country, where the publishers introduced their fall lists … Continue reading

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interRAI Pioneers New Medical Publishing Model

The interRAI organization, a nonprofit founded in 1994, serves geriatric and disabled populations around the world with their health care instruments for evaluation and assessment of health care. OBS puts our publishing expertise to work in helping populate and manage … Continue reading

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