260 Reading Assignment : Open Publishing
A New Textbook Publishing Model for the Internet Age. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education / Frank DiMaria
DiMaria, F.. (2011, April). A New Textbook Publishing Model for the Internet Age. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 21(14), 8-10. Retrieved September 17, 2011, from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 2339260781).
Abstract:
Flat World Knowledge is practicing a new publishing model, the open publishing, that aim to eliminate the barriers that prevent economically disadvantaged students from accessing information and continuing their education. Flat World Knowledge primarily publishes textbooks and uses the Creative Commons License rather than the All Rights Reserved. This license enables the faculty, students, and researchers to maximize the use of Flat World materials with minimal restrictions. Its materials are free and it also offers a variety of formats for a fee (pdf, e-book, audiobooks).
Open publishing is with financial worth too. They aim to provide free access to their materials but they are gaining profit from other services for a fee. They can set reasonable fees for hard prints, pdf, e-books, audiobooks formats of their materials, and other supplementary materials. As per study, open publishers are earning equal revenues like the traditional publishers; the former just earning it more slowly over time.
Three Things I Learned from the Article:
1. Open Publishing can serve it's purpose, to provide free access to its patrons, without compensating its revenues. It is providing free materials but it is also gaining equal revenues like the traditional practice.
2. Creative Common License is the counterpart of the All Right Reserved License in Open Publishing. The former eliminates the restriction barriers set by the latter.
3. The evolution of textbook publishing. In 1970s, many corporations invested in textbook publishing seeing it as a lucrative business. This investment cost the corporations big bucks, and they passed those expenses on to the student in the form of higher textbook prices. By the 1990s, a wave of consolidation in the publishing industry turned 65 publishers into a mere five significant publishers. With less downward price pressure, publishing companies set prices, and nobody broke rank.
Application / Implication of what I've learned to my work/to me as a person:
Tim O'Reilly makes the argument for Open Publishing @ TOC 2009 from Open Publishing Lab @ RIT on Vimeo.
DiMaria, F.. (2011, April). A New Textbook Publishing Model for the Internet Age. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 21(14), 8-10. Retrieved September 17, 2011, from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 2339260781).
Abstract:
Flat World Knowledge is practicing a new publishing model, the open publishing, that aim to eliminate the barriers that prevent economically disadvantaged students from accessing information and continuing their education. Flat World Knowledge primarily publishes textbooks and uses the Creative Commons License rather than the All Rights Reserved. This license enables the faculty, students, and researchers to maximize the use of Flat World materials with minimal restrictions. Its materials are free and it also offers a variety of formats for a fee (pdf, e-book, audiobooks).
Open publishing is with financial worth too. They aim to provide free access to their materials but they are gaining profit from other services for a fee. They can set reasonable fees for hard prints, pdf, e-books, audiobooks formats of their materials, and other supplementary materials. As per study, open publishers are earning equal revenues like the traditional publishers; the former just earning it more slowly over time.
Three Things I Learned from the Article:
1. Open Publishing can serve it's purpose, to provide free access to its patrons, without compensating its revenues. It is providing free materials but it is also gaining equal revenues like the traditional practice.
2. Creative Common License is the counterpart of the All Right Reserved License in Open Publishing. The former eliminates the restriction barriers set by the latter.
3. The evolution of textbook publishing. In 1970s, many corporations invested in textbook publishing seeing it as a lucrative business. This investment cost the corporations big bucks, and they passed those expenses on to the student in the form of higher textbook prices. By the 1990s, a wave of consolidation in the publishing industry turned 65 publishers into a mere five significant publishers. With less downward price pressure, publishing companies set prices, and nobody broke rank.
Application / Implication of what I've learned to my work/to me as a person:
It is only now that I have learned about the Open Publishing. I was delighted knowing efforts to ease the burden of information seekers, and of course the libraries, because of the soaring prices of information materials. Open Publishing is also a great help for students living at or below the poverty line.
Information is for everyone and one way to provide free access to information is through the implementation of Open publishing.
Tim O'Reilly makes the argument for Open Publishing @ TOC 2009 from Open Publishing Lab @ RIT on Vimeo.
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