Society for Scholarly Publishing: OReilly TOC: A Wake-Up Call to Publishers
Date : 03 11 2008 Category : Web
O'Reilly Network Articles and WeblogsBill Kasdorf has posted a thoughtful article on the conference:
The recent O’Reilly Tools of Change conference (February 11-13 in New York) - whose catchy acronym, TOC, belies its focus on books - was, as advertised, all about change. (Tools, not so much.) Although there wasn’t one standout bowl-them-over demonstration or announcement like the one that captivated attendees at the inaugural TOC last year in San Jose (a book that enabled you to interact with the Web via its "print" pages), there was plenty of buzz. And that buzz frequently threatened to escalate into a rumble or a roar. Arguably more significant than any dazzling demo could be, it was the recurring theme that packed the most punch: The world of publishing is changing in fundamental ways that can be ignored but not avoided - and ignored only at serious peril to some of publishing’s most firmly established paradigms.