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Suzanne Kavanagh 30th March 2010 Creative Commons, Faber, Frances Pinter, Open Access, TOC

Free or Fee? Valuing Content in the Digital Era – Part 2

While boxes around industries are dissolving as everything can be viewed through one device, publishers need to think clearly rather than just tinker with their own model. The traditional linear model of author-to-publisher-to-retailer-to-consumer no longer holds true. Agile project management, reflexive and responsive ways to develop projects and the ability to adapt to change are essential. The industry needs to learn how to build, develop and fail fast so it can learn and move on. We need to move quickly, but think deeply.

Small and Mighty

The worst financial crisis in a century, an international banking collapse and global recession: it is enough to make a publisher cry all the way to the bank. But there is a flip side to the doom and gloom: It is possible to thrive — not just survive — in an economic downturn, especially if you are small, flexible and smart.