Publishing

How will the children of the future learn about science?

captainsafia — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 12:00:00 +0000

How will the children of the future learn about science? captainsafia Wed, 11/18/2015 - 07:00

From the advent of the printing press to the emergence of the Internet, knowledge has become increasingly abundant and accessible. But as we move into the future, I ponder how…

How I learned the difference between a community and an audience

philbranon — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 07:00:00 +0000

How I learned the difference between a community and an audience philbranon Wed, 10/14/2015 - 03:00

It's not every day that your CEO gives you a telephone ring, so I definitely remember the day mine phoned me. He'd called to tell me about a puzzling voicemail he'd just…

Documentation is a journey: 3 lessons learned from documenting Scribus

Greg P — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Documentation is a journey: 3 lessons learned from documenting Scribus Greg P Thu, 06/11/2015 - 04:00

I'd like to use my own personal journey with open source documentation to illustrate how it's possible to begin with little to nothing and create—and then build on—your work…

How to use PressForward for content creation

holmja — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:00:00 +0000

How to use PressForward for content creation holmja Thu, 04/23/2015 - 05:00

We live in an age of information overload. With all the stories from news, blogs, social media, and other sources, the amount of information about any given subject can be…

Why Amnesty International uses Booktype 2.0 for report publishing

Daniel James — Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Why Amnesty International uses Booktype 2.0 for report publishing Daniel James Wed, 03/25/2015 - 04:00

Human rights NGO Amnesty International, a movement of more than seven million people, released its Annual Report for 2014-15 at the end of February. This 500+ page print book…

Find a greater audience for your creative work

Don Watkins — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Find a greater audience for your creative work Don Watkins Fri, 01/23/2015 - 03:00

There was a time not long ago when publishing was difficult and expensive. Thanks to services like Lulu.com and Lulujr.com, that's changing. Open source and Creative Commons…

Open source tools to prepare your ebooks for publication

ScottNesbitt — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:00:00 +0000

Open source tools to prepare your ebooks for publication ScottNesbitt Thu, 09/25/2014 - 03:00

Self publishing a book has never been easier. There are numerous open source tools that you can use to create a book. Having published three ebooks, and being in the process…

Understanding copyright and its use today

holmja — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 07:00:00 +0000

We live in an age of ever-expanding copyright law. The length of time that elapses before a creative work enters the public domain is now so long that many items published…

Web-publishing for libraries and the robust community of Omeka

sleon — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:00:00 +0000

Web-publishing for libraries and the robust community of Omeka sleon Tue, 04/15/2014 - 07:00

Understandably, software developers might wonder how a bunch of historians ended up shepherding an open source content management system into the world, but in the case of…

The participatory nature of the Internet strengthens fan communities

KendraMack — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 21:09:00 +0000

The participatory nature of the Internet strengthens fan communities KendraMack Fri, 01/17/2014 - 16:09

Whether the big media producers like it or not, digital technologies have made it easier than ever for popular culture fans to create remixes or derivative works from their…