#30454
For more than 35 years The Newsletter on Newsletters has offered news, views, trends and techniques for the newsletter professional.
Newsletter on Newsletters, The. Resources>Publishing>Newsletters>Blogs
#21236
Newsletters in the Communication System of Science 
Newsletters play several important roles in the scientific community because they can be used to convey information (e.g., administrative information) that is not appropriate for more formal genres (e.g., journals) and because they can be a more timely form of communication than other media, such as books.
O'Hara, Frederick M., Jr. STC Proceedings (1995). Articles>Scientific Communication>Publishing>Newsletters
#30858
Newspaper Design as Cultural Change 
his article describes the (re-)design of newspapers and magazines as a process of cultural change which goes beyond designing a publication's layout, typography and use of colour, and includes designing the processes and structures of its production.
de Vries, James. Visual Communication (2008). Articles>Graphic Design>Publishing>Visual Rhetoric
#22857
On Beyond Help: Interface Design Paradigms for Online Documents
In the world of printed documentation, there are many different programs, with different ways of solving the problem of editing and layout, but they all produce the same product in the end--a printed page. The online world can be bewildering even to experienced authors, since not only the authoring approach but the end result can vary so widely. This session is a look at some of the different types of online systems and how they affect both interface and document design.
Quesenbery, Whitney. STC Proceedings (1997). Articles>Publishing>Online
#22554
A daily on-line resource for digital document management.
On Demand Journal (2004). Journals>Publishing>Prepress>Printing
#10827
Online Documentation: Design Issues
Designing online documentation? You mean I can’t just take the word processing file and make it available on our network, or throw the document into a Windows Help file and ship it? Well, I would not recommend either of those options. You should take many things into consideration when you design an online document.
TechCom Plus (1999). Design>Publishing>Documentation>Online
#27530
Online Flipping: Examination of the Digital FlipViewer
This article examines the usability of FlipViewer software for digital FlipBooks. The FlipViewer software allows users to read online documents in a three-dimensional e-book format simulates a paper document. Participants performed 11 tasks with a FlipBook and their performance was evaluated. Some tasks were difficult for participants to complete, however, participants were satisfied overall with their experience using FlipViewer® and 100% indicated that they would recommend the product to others.
Hull, Spring S. Usability News (2005). Articles>Publishing>Online>eBooks
#13076
Online Vs. Hard-Copy Marketing Material: Both Have a Place
The World Wide Web, the panacea of the so-called information age, was supposed to transform the way we shop, are entertained, and get informed. If the web was supposed to be so great, why are we still reading so much information on paper?
Zvalo, Peter. Writer's Block (2001). Articles>Publishing>Online
#19277
You need to ask a variety of questions before committing to a documentation medium. When balanced with market directives, a complete analysis of your user’s communication needs can identify the appropriate medium or media. This progression topic will develop a series of questions that lead to the right media solution for your product.
Jensen, Susan M. STC Proceedings (1995). Design>Publishing>Online
#18638
The Open eBook Forum (OeBF) is the leading international trade and standards organization for the electronic publishing industry. Our members consist of hardware and software companies publishers, accessibility advocates, authors, users of electronic books, and related organizations whose common goals are to establish specifications and standards and to advance the competitiveness of the electronic publishing industry. The Forum's work will foster the development of applications and products that will benefit creators of content, makers of reading systems and consumers.
OeB (2003). Organizations>Information Design>Publishing>eBooks
#26698
The Orange Journal: Creating a Student Writing Space
Argues that the Orange Journal can provide a way to help graduate student scholars create a map for those inherent contradictions of being a graduate student, providing a space that serves our needs and that can give us legitimacy.
Gulbrandsen, Karen. Orange Journal, The (2005). Articles>Publishing>Education
#18955
How to generate 1 PDF file base on these 2 files but with only 1 page. If I am reading this correctly, you would like the contents of two separate/single page PDF files to be located within a single PDF file.
Leonard, Norman. PDFzone (2003). Design>Publishing>Software>Adobe Acrobat
#22796
Pages, Books, the Web, and Virtual Reality: A Response to Negroponte's "Books Without Pages"
Inclusion of Nicholas Negroponte's paper on 'Books Without Pages' (1979) in this Journal requires explanation, as the paper does not concern itself directly with computer documentation. However, the implications of its assertions and questions ultimately involve all of us who teach, practice, and learn about documenting computer programs. As we leave paper and move to other media to deliver our instructions to users, we are faced with the same questions that Negroponte was asking over 15 years ago. Just as the MIT researchers were doing, we look for new metaphors and new ways to define the relationship between our 'readers' and the information we are providing to them. We search for that perfect controlling metaphor that will clarify how our communications in new media work, and how we can apply some sense and some structure to them, a new 'grammar', if you will, for our books without pages.
Dicks, R. Stanley. Journal of Computer Documentation (1996). Articles>Publishing>Online
#12971
PDF as an Online Document Format 
In January (2000), I asked about TechWhirlers' experiences as users of PDF documents online. The specific questions were: Do you notice a difference between reading PDF online and reading HTML online? Do you have a preference either way? If so, which one? Here's the summary or responses and a synopsis of further information I've been tracking down. I'm sorry it's taken so long: like many an unplanned project it got way out of hand. I've tried to restrict this message to issues of interest to the list; if I've failed please accept my apologies.
Charker, Sandra. TECHWR-L (2000). Design>Publishing>Online>Adobe Acrobat
#24681
PDF Means Change for Many Print Shops
There is a battle brewing in the back rooms print shops around the country, and after Graph Expo the pressure is on and tempers are flaring. What is causing the problem? PDF. Owners and production managers are going back to their shops to talk about the amazing things they have seen equipment do using PDF files. What they are hearing back from prepress staffs is that PDF files won't work for their shop. Owners are confused and not sure who to believe.
Giles, John. On Demand Journal (2004). Articles>Publishing>Prepress>Adobe Acrobat
#14862
PDF Security, Part V: Adding Passwords
In this article, you'll add protection to your file so that no one can change its contents and so that unauthorized users can't open, use, or print the file.
PDFzone (2006). Design>Publishing>Software>Adobe Acrobat
#10828
Fixes and workarounds for Acrobat.
#21262
Peer Review: The Key to Quality in Scientific Communication
The panel will present a discussion of the role of peer review in the process of authoring and publishing technical papers and scientific and technical articles. The three panelists discuss 1) the role of peer review in the publishing process and its importance in ensuring integrity and quality; 2) the working relationship between journal editor and reviewer; and 3) the kind ofpartnership among journal editor, author’s editor, and author that makes the most efective use of each review. Each panelist will give a IO-minute presentation followed by a brief question and answer period in which the other two panelists will participate. Following the presentations there will be a discussion period in which the audience will be divided into thirds and the panelists will rotate among the three groups for three Jifteen-minute sessions of open discussion.
Hibbard, Jeffrey L., Lottie B. Applewhite and David L. Armbruster. STC Proceedings (1997). Articles>Scientific Communication>Publishing
#25592
Personal Publication and Public Attention
What makes weblogs a genre different from the autobiography, the diary, the researcher's journal or any other pre-Internet writing? While weblogs have many non-digital predecessors, blogs cannot live outside of the computer. They are ergodic texts (Aarseth 1997), and demand the assistance of technology in order to be created and used.
Mortensen, Torill Elvira. Into the Blogosphere (2004). Articles>Publishing>Online>Blogging
#18778
Personalising Electronic Books
The paper addresses how hyperdocuments, accessible via electronic books (e-books) which are read using the World Wide Web, can be endowed with features that personalise the interaction process that takes place between the reader and the e-book. A novel, abstract approach to modelling the personalisation of hyperdocuments is introduced. This approach aims to make available features that allow readers to interact with these documents in a manner much closer to that with paper-based documents. The research is based on a formal characterisation of personalisable hyperlink-based interaction. This characterisation is unique in formally modelling a rich set of user-initiated personalisation actions that allow users to come closer to satisfying their specific, often dynamic, information retrieval goals.
Ohene-Djan, James and Alvaro A.A. Fernandes. Journal of Digital Information (2003). Articles>Publishing>Online
#22550
Personalized Color Communications
Four firms discuss the benefits of color variable data printing, such as creating marketing campaigns and experiencing up to a 40 percent rate of return.
Miley, Michael. PennWell (2004). Design>Publishing>Prepress>Color
#14163
Photoshop 911 FAQ and Short Tips
Short, frequently asked questions from the PS 911 call records, including: Vignetting, Color from B&W, Reduced files become Jagged, End of file Errors, Convert Layer to Grayscale, Lost Clone Tool, and others.
Photoshop Tips and Tricks (2002). Design>Publishing>Graphic Design>Adobe Photoshop
#22478
The Place of the Internet in the History of Publishing
Discusses some critical methodologies we may wish to use in order to make sense of the changes which have occurred in mass media post-1976. It is rather important to understand this history -- the reasons we think the current Internet is confusing is precisely because of the reorganization it represents in the balance of power between ruling interests in our society. In the end, I argue, the Internet is another step in the increasing influence of media and publishing interests, and it is important to read news in online space as part of that history.
Sauer, Geoffrey. EServer (2000). Presentations>Lectures>Publishing>History
#10822
A forum where Acrobat users can help each other get the best out of the product.
#22570
Polyester Plates Earn a Second Look
Yes, the 'poor man's CTP' still suffers from some early shortcomings, but four-color work on four-up equipment is becoming a short-run mainstay.
Toth, Debora. Graphic Arts Monthly (2004). Design>Publishing>Prepress>Printing
