Title: Table of Contents URL: ftp://ftp.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/pacsr/pr-v3n08-contents + Page 1 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Volume 3, Number 8 (1992) ISSN 1048-6542 ----------------------------------------------------------------- To retrieve an article file as an e-mail message, send the GET command given after the article information to LISTSERV@UHUPVM1 (BITNET) or LISTSERV@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet). To retrieve the article as a file, omit "F=MAIL" from the end of the GET command. CONTENTS COMMUNICATIONS The New Publishing: Technology's Impact on the Publishing Industry Over the Next Decade By Gregory J. E. Rawlins (pp. 5-63) To retrieve these files: GET RAWLINS1 PRV3N8 F=MAIL GET RAWLINS2 PRV3N8 F=MAIL This report discusses technology's impact on the products, revenue sources, and distribution channels of the publishing industry over the next decade. It examines the threats and opportunities facing the book publishing industry, and presents a strategy for publishers to meet the threats and to use the opportunities to decrease risk and increase profit. The strategy also benefits education, science, and technology by making books cheaper, more flexible, and more easily and quickly available. 1.0 Overview 1.1 Electronic Books and Copy Protection 1.2 Subscription Publishers 2.0 Threats to Contemporary Publishing 2.1 Paper Copying 2.2 Electronic Copying 2.3 The Future of Copyright 3.0 Electronic Book Advantages 3.1 Reader Advantages 3.2 Library Advantages 3.3 Publisher Advantages + Page 2 + 4.0 Retailing Schemes 4.1 Disc Bookstores 4.2 Electronic Bookstores 4.3 On-Demand Bookstores 4.4 Locked-Disc Publishers 4.5 The Future of Retail Books 5.0 Changes in Education 5.1 Electronic Science Books 5.2 Other Educational Books 5.3 The Frailties of Print 6.0 The New Publishing 6.1 Mapmakers, Ferrets, and Filters 6.2 Stage I Penetration 6.3 Stage II Penetration 6.4 Stage III Penetration 7.0 Gearing Up 7.1 A New View of Economics 7.2 Why It Will Work 7.3 A New View of Publishing 8.0 Getting There From Here 8.1 The Short Term 8.2 The Mid Term 8.3 The Long Term 9.0 Pricing, Positioning, and Profits 9.1 Lures to Subscribe 9.2 Global Publishers 9.3 Competition 9.4 Entrepreneurs 10.0 Technological Hammers Appendix A. Electronic Book Technology Appendix B. Electronic Book Players + Page 3 + ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Public-Access Computer Systems Review Editor-in-Chief Charles W. Bailey, Jr. University Libraries University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-2091 (713) 743-9804 LIB3@UHUPVM1 (BITNET) or LIB3@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU (Internet) Associate Editors Columns: Leslie Pearse, OCLC Communications: Dana Rooks, University of Houston Reviews: Roy Tennant, University of California, Berkeley Editorial Board Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin George H. Brett II, Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval Steve Cisler, Apple Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Charles Hildreth, University of Washington Ronald Larsen, University of Maryland Clifford Lynch, Division of Library Automation, University of California David R. McDonald, Tufts University R. 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