The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 816 pages
• Published by: Columbia University Press January 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0231124996
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0231124997
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.8 inches
• Weighs: 2.4 pounds

Product Review


"A truly interactive resource. The guide targets professionals and nonprofessionals, and the result is both thorough and readable. Recommended especially for public and academic libraries." -- Library Journal



"The editor and contributors, who have distinguished careers in digital publishing, have exerted great effort to include all relevant information for beginners, yet they offer enough detail to capture the attention advanced users without expanding to a multivolume work or becoming too long A superb opening gesture for creating a dialog on the scholarly communication process." -- Choice



"In a world where all things electronic have become dominant, this remarkable volume serves as a comprehensive handbook to every conceivable aspect of digital publishing. This valuable enyclopedia is most highly recommended for all collections." -- John Maxymuk, American Reference Books Annual



"Columbia's guide was created and edited in a text-encoded electronic format that has been used to derive both the print and Web versions. A solid electronic resource with good content. Recommended." -- Choice



"An great technical overview of the constantly evolving world of electronic publishing. Updates and hyperlinks add value to the online version, which is well organized and easy-to-use." -- Booklist



"Much is neatly packed into this encyclopedia of information on everything ranging from digital-rights management to digital legal issues." -- Columbus Dispatch



"This book will be a very welcome addition to the bookshelf of anyone working with any form of digital publishing. It is by far the most thorough, authoritative digital publishing reference source available. Editor William Kasdorf, Past President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, has pulled together an impressive array of experts to produce this definitive guide." -- The Indexer



"The Guide is remarkably successful in fulfilling its intentions It was a pleasant surprise to discover that although the book does contain many references to specific hardware devices and software programs, it contextualizes these references in discussions that will remain relevant for years to come." -- Maria S. Bonn, Portal: Reviews



"[C]lear out a prominent space on your bookshelf for The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing [T]his guide is a enyclopedia of in-depth articles on all these aspects of digital publishing and more, each written by an expert in the field. Destined to become a classic, The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing will be the Bible you turn to again and again, whether you need to make publishing decisions large and small, or share a teaching resource with a manager or staff member." -- Darrill Anderson, Technical Communication



" The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing is the War and Peace of digital communication resources. It is epic in scope and exhaustive in detail, historic, and prophetic. An original. A universe. It's long but it's all substance The Columbia Guide may be new and it may be the first of its kind, but it has the makings of a classic." -- Linda Hengstler, Science Editor

Product Review


"I like the project and the best compliment I can give is, 'where can I buy one?'" -- Troy Linker, Director of Publishing Technology, American Library Association

Reader Reviews
The first sentence of this book says: 'Today, virtually all publishing is digital to some extent, whether content is delivered electronically or in print.' He is right, and this large (750 page) book covers virtually every aspect of the digital aspect of document production, manufacture, distribution and everything else. The book is produced by a group of people with experience in all aspects of the industry. They are consultants, analysts, professors, authors, printers, journalists, and come from industry, universities, consulting and publishing firms. Most of the book is on the technical aspects, the hardware, software communications that allow the creation, management and distribution of digital documents. The last part of the book is on marketing, copyrights and so on. I believe this area is a bigger problem than the authors admit. Yes, copyright law has been extended to cover electronic publishing, but how do you handle web sites in Nigeria or China that simply don't follow the rules? What is to keep them from selling your material on their web site? An overall excellent book for someone new to the field. It is getting a bit dated, and a new edition would be nice to have.