1st Edition

Electronic Publishing Looking for a Blueprint

By Joost Kist Copyright 1987
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

With the development of new technologies over the previous decade and more moderately priced and faster systems becoming available Electronic Publishing , originally published in 1987, provided a much-needed close look at present and potential publishing techniques at the time. In the view of the author the relatively new electronic and optical media were expected to integrate with or supplement... Read more

Preface.  Section I: The Publisher in the Information Age  1. Publishing in Transition  2. What is Electronic Publishing?  Section II: Defining the Resources  3. Electronic Publishing Media  4. Generalised Markup and Electronic Publishing  5. Players in the EP Game  Section III: Assembling the Pieces  6. Economic Considerations for Electronic Publishers  7. Copyright  8. Key Factors for the Organisation of EP Activities  9. Designing a Blueprint for Electronic Publishing  10. Trends. Appendixes.  Glossary.

Biography

Joost Kist (1929–2011) was, at the time of original publication, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of the International Wolters Samsom Group, Zwolle, Holland.