http://booksahead.com/?p=509&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=streamlining-book-metadata-but-not-for-readers Books and reading are getting better Tue, 25 May 2010 21:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://booksahead.com/?p=509&cpage=1#comment-124 Robert Reddick Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:31:54 +0000 http://booksahead.com/?p=509#comment-124 Publishers will quietly fight to prevent user-meta. They don't like ratings they can't control. Which begs the question. They're ivory towerists. Distributors that do endorse ratings and user codings (tags), may be able to turn that position into a competitive advantage in attracting ebook developers (are they authors or developers, the case could be made either way). Certainly, all publishers will want social-media endorsements, but I suspect they will lead with their fears. For those publishers willing to take the plunge, maybe the "fail fast" mantra could be added to their mission... ie. you hate / we edit, or some other form of "we're listening" product improvement feedback loop. Publishers will quietly fight to prevent user-meta. They don’t like ratings they can’t control. Which begs the question. They’re ivory towerists. Distributors that do endorse ratings and user codings (tags), may be able to turn that position into a competitive advantage in attracting ebook developers (are they authors or developers, the case could be made either way). Certainly, all publishers will want social-media endorsements, but I suspect they will lead with their fears. For those publishers willing to take the plunge, maybe the “fail fast” mantra could be added to their mission… ie. you hate / we edit, or some other form of “we’re listening” product improvement feedback loop.

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