Edward Tufte’s new book, Beautiful Evidence will soon be available
You can see the news about this on his web site here. Edward Tufte ‘self-publishes’ his work and the results are superb. This new book sets out the issues surrounding the methods that need to be used to present convincing evidence.
Further information about this book can be found here
Posted on 07 Jun 2006 around 7pm • Tagged with: Books | Design | Publishing | Permanent link to this article
Author Tom Engelhardt interviews himself about his novel.
Does this predict things to come? It isn’t really clear who the author is being interviewed by.
Posted on 07 Jun 2006 around 9am • Tagged with: Books | Noticed | Publishing | Permanent link to this article
You had to know it was coming. Following Kevin Kelly’s fascinating New York Times article last month rethinking the concept of the book in the digital age, those in the book publishing world are starting to freak out about how technology is destroying their grand old business.
Posted on 06 Jun 2006 around 7am • Tagged with: Publishing | Permanent link to this article
Adobe, not content with Microsoft’s decision to cut certain PDF functionality out of Office 2007, also wants changes in Microsoft’s new document display and printing technology. Will the pair’s failure to resolve differences result in more antitrust action?
Sourced at eWEEK Technology News
Posted on 03 Jun 2006 around 1pm • Tagged with: Publishing | Software | Web Technology | Permanent link to this article
Couldn’t resist this little gem from the BigbadBookBlog:
Written by Justin Branch: Any statistician will tell you that 50 percent of statistics are incorrect. Of that, 20 percent are pulled from thin air. In the spirit of using random numbers to analyze a complex industry, I’ve compiled a list of important statistics from many different sources. With these little nuggets, you will be able to impress all your friends at the library, just do so quietly.
Here is one from the list: 8,000–11,000 new publishing companies are established each year. —ISBN.org
Posted on 01 Jun 2006 around 5pm • Tagged with: Noticed | Offsite Links | Publishing | Permanent link to this article
