Poking a dream with reality: Status of publishing industry [Part 1]

[toc] It is inevitable to embrace technology to deliver content. It is indisputable to adapt to new models of content delivery. It is antique to stick to cults of content delivery. There must be an interesting hybrid. Evolved to survive, transformed in aspects that cannot be changed and stands strong on the ideals of the industry. Intent To understand the revolution already took place in this industry to generate a new business model. To embrace technology as deliverance for the dying traditional methods. Stages of publishing pre-production editorial: of course, the most important stage where the whole success story lies. [cite importance] [investigation of tasks involved] design: as required by content and highly demanded by marketing [cite importance] [investigation of tasks involved] sales and marketing: sales required by modes on content delivery and [cite importance] [investigation of tasks involved] modes of content delivery printing, binding and distribution eBooks Amazon Kindle playbooks standard web tools with security for reducing piracy. Reason for a new publishing model [4] The decline of print media has been explored endlessly. Everyone is agreed that the traditional business model is broken. And most people agree that there is no silver bullet that will solve the problems facing publishers in this new environment. To summarize the new reality: Print circulation is declining across the board, and in many cases will become unsustainable as a mass distribution channel. Advertising revenue in the print medium is declining rapidly, and advertising overall is becoming fragmented across many types of properties, including social… Read more