I did work experience at a couple of publishing houses in 1999 and,
sorting through some old boxes, have just come across a handful of the
notes I made:
One of the books in one
of the house's online catalogs was about the death of privacy in the
21st Century - and how true this has turned out to be with wire tapping,
mobile phone tracking and misuse of our data and records constantly in
the news today.
Back then, internet
e-commerce was just beginning. One of the houses was already selling
eBooks and wanted to sell through their own website rather than using
multiple partners. They were developing a place for their customers to
"hang out" online and pondering whether free e-content over the Web
would hurt their book business. Initial sales showed this wasn't the
case...
I've been on their website this
morning to see how things have moved on and it appears they've branched
out into IT courses and certificates, as well as conferences, and
definitely found their niche market with their technical books and
manuals. Also linking with another online company offering technology
and business training.
So they swam, while others sank!
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