Recently I attended an online seminar by Aptara, Bridging the Digital Revenue Gap, that focused on the benefits of semantic strategies. Semantics focuses on the meaning of words. For example, the word orange can mean a color or a fruit. According to the webinar, "with semantic technologies, content can more easily be found extracted combined reused monetized" Here is … [Read more...] about Webinar: Bridging the Digital Revenue Gap; Semantic Strategies for Fueling Sales and Marketing
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Common Core Standards and Educational Publishing
The Common Core Standards are being implemented in more and more states, changing the expectations in educational publishing and causing publishers to adapt. Recently, I attended an interesting webinar hosted by the Copyright Clearance Center, called Innovation and Disruptions in K–12 Educational Publishing. Common Core But first, what is the Common Core Standard? It includes … [Read more...] about Common Core Standards and Educational Publishing
Creating Prizeworthy Digital Books, by DBW
Digital Book World recently hosted a webinar called “Creating Prizeworthy Digital Books.” For this post I want to focus on the advice Joshua Tallent, chief e-book architect at Firebrand Technologies (formerly eBook Architects), gave. Tallent knows pretty much everything there is to know about e-books, and he’s the one who presented an excellent webinar a while back about the … [Read more...] about Creating Prizeworthy Digital Books, by DBW
The BISG’s Metadata Research Project
Today I listened to the first of three webinars hosted by the BISG about metadata. The series is called Evolving Metadata Practices, and today's webinar was on A Research-Based Understanding of the Current Metadata Landscape: Full Results from BISG's Metadata Research Project. … [Read more...] about The BISG’s Metadata Research Project
