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Backlist in a Digital World
Klopotek
Publisher Information Day
12 June 2013
Working with
Advance Materials Ltd
Encyclop脱dia Britannica
Connell Guides
Contentment
Critical Publishing
GSE Research / Greenleaf
PasTest
Maverick
Wiley
alternative title: Technology-
The Resurrection Biology of Backlist
Thanks to
@micycle for
the suggestion
What is Backlist?
Few & New
Traditional Trade Publishing
Many & Old(er)
Few & New
Traditional Academic Publishing
Many & Old(er)
(Sometimes ancient)
Asking what digital means
for backlist is a bit like
asking:
What sort of business did
we used be, and what sort of
business are we going be?
For too long, digital has
actually meant just e-Readers
& Print-on-Demand
Digital means new
opportunities:
What sort of business
would we like to be?
Asking what
digital
means for
backlist is a
bit like asking
When is a
door not a
door?
Its a
complete
change of
context
What is Digital?
Normal
For decades publishers thought
they were running content
businesses. It turns out they
were really running distribution
businesses.
Benedict Evans,
Enders Analysis
Digital is
Distribution
But that doesnt mean we can
close all our warehouses...
...it does mean our warehouses
- and their systems - had
better be up to snuff
Digital (online) activity can
drive print sales. But the
print-world customer
experience has to meet
digital-world customer
expectations
While publishers were
busy saying
Metadata is Marketing
Content Became Marketing
Low-cost digital tools (e.g. slideshare)
Enable clear calls to action (purchase)
to a self-selecting audience
Food for thought is a powerful
sales tool
ask @4鍖fty1
Digital facilitates
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History Presss
Titanic:
Her Journey
was a fabulous
example of
content
marketing
Embracing the
whole product
range: the app,
new print &
e- frontlist and
great print &
e- backlist.
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Backlist re-purposed to make
a Newsstand partwork
A project by Contentment with
Amber Books
Using Padify (HTML5 SaaS)
For some, digital has meant
the elimination of print
Plus opportunities to make process, quality
and values more transparent

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