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From:         Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 3, no. 8 (1992)

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            The Public-Access Computer Systems Review

Volume 3, Number 8 (1992)                          ISSN 1048-6542
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                            CONTENTS

COMMUNICATIONS

The New Publishing: Technology's Impact on the Publishing
Industry Over the Next Decade

     By Gregory J. E. Rawlins (pp. 5-63)

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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

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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

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            The Public-Access Computer Systems Review

Editor-in-Chief

Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
University Libraries
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-2091
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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. Bruce Miller, University of California, San Diego
Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information
Mike Ridley, University of Waterloo
Peggy Seiden, Skidmore College
Peter Stone, University of Sussex
John E. Ulmschneider, North Carolina State University

Publication Information

Published on an irregular basis by the University Libraries,
University of Houston.  Technical support is provided by the
Information Technology Division, University of Houston.
Circulation: 5,090 subscribers in 47 countries (PACS-L) and 770
subscribers in 37 countries (PACS-P).

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