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The Future of Publishing at the Executive Exchange

Last week, Publishing Technology hosted its annual Executive Exchange customer event in New York, where 20 publishers, industry consultants, press representatives and Publishing Technology executives gathered together to interact, network and exchange information on ways to “move your content forward … Continue reading →
Navigating the Semantic Web for Publishers
Last month Publishing Technology’s CEO George Lossius presented at The Tools of Change Conference in Frankfurt, participating in their discussion on the semantic web and publishing, Metadata Futures. Presenting alongside speakers from Nielsen Books, Bowker and the start-up Small Demons, … Continue reading →
Publishing: It’s all about the Metadata

We all know good metadata is important on the web but the definition of metadata is confusing and off putting; it’s basically data about data or put simply more information about existing information. I’ve been thinking about metadata and its … Continue reading →
ALPSP Usage Generation Seminar

Usage generation is one of the main focuses of many publishers to increase the value of their brands and ensure renewal of subscriptions. Looking at innovative ways to do this is key to generation of a continuing upward trend. ALPSP (the … Continue reading →
Is Publishing the future of Search?

In the past 12 months something very interesting has happened to web search giant, Google. It has become a publisher. By acquiring first Zagat, which publishes crowdsourced restaurant recommendations, and more recently the venerable US travel guide publisher Frommer’s, Google … Continue reading →
This Week on the Semantic Web – 03 Feb 2012
This week on the blog, Seth Grimes provides an answer to the age-old question “What does semantic content enrichment mean?” We find out how husband-and-wife team Carl and Sally Greyling plan to ‘reinvent search.’ The BBC shows off its technology … Continue reading →
This Week on the Semantic Web – 18 Nov 2011
Each week we bring you the most thought-provoking news on how the semantic web is changing the way web users discover, interact and exchange online. This week we bring you the award winning innovators who enrich our experience of the semantic web, … Continue reading →
4 Common Pitfalls for Publishing Websites

I have to admit that when I read this piece from UX magazine I found myself recognising (and laughing at) scenarios like this one: “UX designer: You obviously sell to a wide range of people. Who are your main customers? … Continue reading →
ROI and Discovery for librarians – A view from Charleston

The first thing that struck me when I arrived at Charleston was how big it was. Over 1400 people had made the trip to talk libraries, making it the biggest the conference has ever been, and a sign that it’s … Continue reading →
Navigating the semantic web for publishers: presentation
A few weeks ago we blogged about the breakfast seminar we held at the Frankfurt Book Fair which set out to untangle the semantic web for scholarly publishers. As lots of you have been checking out the blog post we … Continue reading →


