Publishing 2012
Current and Future Publishing Issues
Washington Book Publishers
Michael Jensen
April 2007



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Realities of Technology Change


  • Print will be with us for rest of our professional lives, because of the habits of our culture, and the preferences of the market.
  • Technology itself is a key driver, but not the only one. Culture and tradition are also key.
  • Communications technologies, and the cultural responses to it, have affected the publishing business dramatically, yet we are slow to respond.
  • Our future is a mix of print AND digital. Some projects will be digital only, but fewer every year will be print only



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Phase I: Majority PC, with Basic Internet Access (1993 - 2003)