Publishing

Publishing is the activity of putting information into the public arena. Traditionally, the term refers to the distribution of printed works such as books and newspapers. With the advent of digital information systems and the Internet, the scope of publishing has expanded to include websites, blogs, and other forms of new media.

External links

• A Report to the Authors Guild which reveals a "Crisis in Midlist Publishing": Study (PDF file)
• Book-Busters: Corporate Consolidation in Book Publishing and Selling and the Decline of Diversity by William Petrocelli (1999)
• Understanding the Economic Burden of Scholarly Publishing By Cathy N. Davidson
• Crisis in Scholarly Publishing: Executive Summary, by Stephen Boyd and Andrew Herkovic (1999)
• The Crisis in Scholarly Publishing
• The Crisis in Scholarly Communication
• The Crisis in Scientific Publishing - a resource page
• Magazine Publishing Startup Resource Web Site for Publishers
• http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html