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Article:
  O'Reilly's E-Book Strategy
Subject:   Extending Safari
Date:   2003-12-12 16:01:31
From:   anonymous2
Safari, as an example of e-publishing is a great ioea - marries the ability of a large store with the structure a schema can lend. It is a superb reference tool, but it relies on one basic premise - you know what you are looking for.


In the paper world, there is one difference - we rely on certain brands to tell us what is relevant and worth following from all the information out there. Usually this works by means of a "cicrculated" media such as magazines, catalogs etc. While newsletters are defintely a step in this direction, is Safari considering a more "circulation" driven product too, whether it be a print magazine or a nore sophisticate form of an electronic magazine.


As in the case of Safari, where the power of a schema was harnessed to provide relevant information on demand, can this extend to circulated information such as magazines and catalogs? Does this model have to be limited to the tech industry? Its worth noting that in other industries where the rate of change is lower, books are not published so frequently, rather its magazines and catalogs containing a mix of experiences, examples, commercial information and news that dominate.


P.S. Acrobat Reader v6, married to pdf 1.4/1.5 is an amazing tool for on-Screen reading.


Peeyoosh