Topic 23: Electronic Publishing By: Telluride InfoZone (teluride) on Sat, Jul 24, '93 5 responses so far This discussion centered--at least nominally--around electronic publishing and the economic aspects of running a "cottage industry" in a global market. The original thrust of the discussion appeared to be aimed primarily at "electronic journalism," i.e. online publication of monthlies or other periodicals. 5 responses total. Topic 23: Electronic Publishing # 1: Peter Lert (teluride) Sat, Jul 24, '93 (10:46) 26 lines Subsequent issues raised in this discussion: a.) Comparison of general interest elec. publication/ periodicals with vertical applications such as dissemination of medical information to both lay public and doctors. Online access to medical librarians who will mediate information requests and "cut and paste" from appropriate journals or articles to user account or mailbox. b.) Funding is evidently a major issue for online "periodicals." Should they be for free? How much to charge for subscriptions? c.) Local newspaper reporter asks how all this new high-tech stuff will benefit local people and local economy. "Does this mean that you'll all move in here with your equipment and your money and make it even harder and more expensive for the rest of us to live here?" Answers include that locals can participate in worldwide markets and economis; can enjoy advantages of small town living without having to travel extensively. d.) Someone points out that very few locals are actually attending this festival; ideas here not representative of local population. Same person initally concerned about computer interconnection replacing personal contacts. Topic 23: Electronic Publishing # 2: I yam what I yam (naomi) Sat, Jul 24, '93 (17:15) 7 lines well, that's a concern that's been voiced before, and I'm not so sure without some merit... begs the question, "how connected is personal contact," I guess. I've thought some about online periodicals and have often wondered (idea alert) if we *have* to stick to the old 'publishing' paradigm or can we create a new one? Thanks a bunch for posting that!!! Topic 23: Electronic Publishing # 3: Are We Really? (really) Sat, Jul 24, '93 (17:53) 4 lines It seems to me that rural communities would benefit greatly by having access through cyberspace to the world at large. Perhaps the local libray or even the local grocery store could have a terminal linking anyone to the rest of the planet. Topic 23: Electronic Publishing # 4: Brian K Tanaka (btanaka) Sat, Jul 24, '93 (23:36) 9 lines re #2 It seems that given the nature of online publishing the mechanism of "publishing" -- that is, getting the WORDS to people's EYES -- changes so radically that the surrounding paradigm *must* change. What we know now as the "publishing paradigm" is a result of the "old" mechanisms (particularly printing and distribution) which are changed or eliminated in an online setting. Topic 23: Electronic Publishing # 5: Judy Malloy (jmalloy) Sun, Jul 25, '93 (10:49) 15 lines Note that the official summary of the session is in topic 27 but this seems like the right topic to continue the discussion on. I came away from this session truly worried about the effect on the community of the "Infozone" and feeling that the most important thing was to provide training to anyone in the community who wanted it and also to demonstrate the connectedness of email and conferencing and some of the fun of it too. These things are aspects of electronic publishing although we don't usually think of it that way. One thing we talked about a lot during the session was audience and our real audience here should be the community of Telluride. The most positive thing that came out of this session for me was Peter offering to help Mavis get online. .