Input or output? Outsourced publishing services and how to use them.

On February 5 and 6, 2010, the international jury for the “Best Book Design from all over the World” competition met to judge the entries from around the world. 634 books from 32 countries were submitted to the jury for evaluation. Fourteen prizes were to be awarded: a “Golden Letter,” one gold medal, two silver medals, five bronzes, and five honorable mentions. The international awards ceremony took place on March 19, 2010.

The future of printed media has become a major political issue in countries like the United States or France, even being debated in ad-hoc committees set up by the legislative or the executive powers. Discussions along the Potomac or the Seine rivers have been focusing on the impact of Internet and new technologies, or on the need for state subsidies. PPF Media's project will be preparing new generations of journalists and not just showing new forms of getting and providing the news.

Times of crisis are also times of opportunity. Although journalism has been confronted with many disappointing news over the last couple of years, a new and successful business model may be around the corner and the magic bullet may lie in the many media experiments that journalists are engaging in today.

Link to the article

Webeditorsblog

While the newspaper industry continues to struggle through an advertising downturn, closures, and mobile apps that threaten their traditional role, some traditional news outlets have realized that staying relevant has a lot to do with embracing technology, be it through a sophisticated R&D department or collaborations with the biggest tech players.
 

Link to the article

Penguin UK unveiled a peek at its upcoming plans for iPad formatted e-books and they're really taking the whole interactive experience trip and running with it.
Follow the full article on www.engadget.com .

I believe this is the perfect article to start with this blog.

It's about a key subject of this blog: how to integrate the benefits of Six Sigma into Project management and vice versa.

The italian translation of it will be available soon.

LONG Beach, California — Wired Magazine Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson announced at the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference on Friday that the publication would be releasing its content for the iPad by summer.