Paul Kobasa, editor in chief for World Book, Inc., Chicago, says that the market today expects instantaneous access to information, so from a publishing perspective, reference publishers need to ensure this does not compromise standards for comprehensibility, authority and reliability.
For Encyclopaedia Britannica, also in Chicago, a huge hurdle has been making the transition from print to digital publishing. “This took some doing,” says Tom Panelas, director of corporate communications. Today, however, the company is “now primarily a digital publisher with printed products as well,” he says.
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Paul Kobasa, editor in chief for World Book, Inc., Chicago, says that the market today expects instantaneous access to information, so from a publishing perspective, reference publishers need to ensure this does not compromise standards for comprehensibility, authority and reliability.
For Encyclopaedia Britannica, also in Chicago, a huge hurdle has been making the transition from print to digital publishing. “This took some doing,” says Tom Panelas, director of corporate communications. Today, however, the company is “now primarily a digital publisher with printed products as well,” he says.