http://publicstrategist.com/2010/01/the-passing-of-the-years/ Working to make government work better Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://publicstrategist.com/2010/01/the-passing-of-the-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 Public Strategist Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:21:27 +0000 http://publicstrategist.com/?p=906#comment-1433 I am sure that's right, and I think it's still the case that the ideal form factor for a book is a book. But what really struck me is just how slow conventional book publishing (and probably academic publishing in particular) now feels. Even if we want to end up with books, there seems to be something enormously inefficient about the production process - something analogous here to <a href="http://benhammersley.com/2009/12/e-books-the-bigger-problem-part-one-of-three/" rel="nofollow">Ben Hammersley's</a> posts about how the entire production model for magazines needs to change in an online world. I am sure that’s right, and I think it’s still the case that the ideal form factor for a book is a book. But what really struck me is just how slow conventional book publishing (and probably academic publishing in particular) now feels. Even if we want to end up with books, there seems to be something enormously inefficient about the production process – something analogous here to Ben Hammersley’s posts about how the entire production model for magazines needs to change in an online world.

]]> http://publicstrategist.com/2010/01/the-passing-of-the-years/comment-page-1/#comment-1432 Dave Briggs Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:51:09 +0000 http://publicstrategist.com/?p=906#comment-1432 I agree on the oddness of converting online content into hardcopy books. I suspect though that by doing so you manage to get content in front of eyes that just aren't used to reading stuff on a screen. I agree on the oddness of converting online content into hardcopy books. I suspect though that by doing so you manage to get content in front of eyes that just aren’t used to reading stuff on a screen.

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