Ron Hogan on “The death of publishing”

Received the following from the Copyright Clearance Center:

I thought you might be interested in this new “Beyond the Book” podcast from Copyright Clearance Center.  In this new posting, Ron Hogan, who’s been watching the publishing business and working in it since the birth of digital media, gives his two cents and feisty no-nonsense views. Hogan expresses in his interview with CCC’s Chris Kenneally, “I’m tired of hearing about the death of publishing because it’s not the death of publishing. At best, it’s the death of a handful of companies that were or – looking at it from the future perspective, if these companies die, it’s because they were dedicated to a dying model.” He goes onto explain that publishing is not dying nor are books.

Hogan also stresses that larger publishing companies are reluctant for change and waiting for others to make the big jump. But nonetheless, some people and companies are “dipping their toes in to try and get it to work.” He believes with each effort made, success will be gained but realizes that the retail end of publishing must also be re-evaluated, not just the art of publishing.

The podcast and transcript are available in the respective links blow:

http://beyondthebookcast.com/publishing-dead-or-alive/

http://www.beyondthebookcast.com/wp-images/HoganTranscript.pdf