1. Digital Disruptions
The Intersection of Libraries and Publishers
in the Digital Information Age
John Rodzvilla
Senior Digital Publisher-in-
Residence
Emerson College
Bending Boundaries: Libraries as Publishers, April 16, 2014
4. How Librarians See the World
Image from http://www.metafilter.com/111332/to-explore-better-ways-to-create-and-deliver-the-formal-
published-record, last accessed 4/10/2014
6. How Publishers See the World
Association of American
Publisher’s General
Annual Meeting 2014
“The Next Chapter in
Protecting IP: Policy,
Disruption, Innovation and
Sustainability”
Image originally from: www.flickr.com/photos/jdawg/1300241735/, last accessed November 2010
7. The Publishing Reference Desk
Image from Binghamton University Libraries https://www.flickr.com/photos/binglib/2343356578, last
accessed 4/10/2014
8. What Publishers Do (Simplified)
Editorial
Developmental
Copyediting/ Proofreading
Production
Interior Design
Cover Design
Sales/ Distribution
Markets and Distro. Agreements
9. Number of Publishers
The Big 5
PenguinRandom House, HarperCollins,
Simon & Schuster, Macmillan and Hachette
300 - 400 Mid-sized publishers
86,000 small publishers
Source: “The U.S. Book Market,” German Book Office (http://www.buchmesse.de/images/fbm/dokumente-ua-
pdfs/2013/buchmarkt_usa_market_updated_november_15_2013.pdf_40487.pdf)
10. Number of New Titles Published by
Traditional Publishers, 1999-2011
15. Access
1. Digital Rights Management (DRM)
1. Control
2. Every book, its (one and only) reader
1. HarperCollins: 26 lends per e-book
2. Overdrive’s long reliance on Adobe Digital
Editions
2. “Readers don’t like DRM” is not a
legitimate criticism.
16. Discoverability
1. How do people find a book?
1. Shelf space vs. number of books published
2. Reviews
3. Oprah, come back!
4. Online social recommenders to the rescue!
Amazon is Discoverability!
18. Quality
Who is doing quality
control?
Why isn’t there more
outcry?
Is it just me?
Or are readers just not
reading?
Image of Casual Vacancy from http://gigaom.com/2012/09/27/j-k-rowlings-new-book-on-kindle-literally-
unreadable, last accessed 4/10/2014
20. The Publisher as
Librarian
Data on Readers and Usage
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21. The Publisher as Librarian
“Data will continue to go more mainstream
in the book world, impacting every aspect of
the book publishing process, and data
insights will push change onto all parts of the
book publishing supply chain.”
~Dominique Raccah, Sourcebooks CEO
Publishers are looking at ways to use data
from readers to make an more enriching
digital experience.
22. The Librarian as
Publisher
Editing Patrons and Archives
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rawsearch=ObjectID/,/is/,/61909/,/false/,/false&newprofile=CAP&newstyle=single, PD
23. Things to Think About
The Editorial Process
Project Management
Copyright
ROI
Professional Quality in Design and Layout
Marketing
Distribution
24. Inspiration
Sacramento’s I Street Press
Los Gatos Public Library
Provincetown Public Press
Library Publishing Directory
The Library Publishing Toolkit
25. Ideas and Opportunities
Archives
In-house content being ignored.
Community Press
Patrons and underserved populations.
Small Presses and Publishers
Independent Publishers of New England
Digital Distributions
Amazon, B&N, Apple, Bookbaby, Vook,
27. Questions? Comments?
Please contact me:
John Rodzvilla
Senior Digital Publisher-in-
Residence
Emerson College
John_rodzvilla@emerson.edu
Twitter: @rodzvilla
Notes de l'éditeur
Barry Schwartz: The Paradox of Choice. The more choices and users are paralyzed by choice or gravitate to the known.
“Amazon are evil bastards–I loath them, I fear them,” said best-selling British author Anthony Horowitz, giving the opening keynote speech at the London Book Fair’s Publishing for Digital Minds conference in London, quickly adding, “but I use them all the time because they’re wonderful and that’s part of the problem.”