Rob van den Braak
The yearly Digital Book World conference will beheld in New York between 13 and 15 January. Experts shine their light on the future of the digital book and the expo shows an overview of technology trends and practical solutions for hybrid publications. Core themes are the decrease in growth in the digital book market, smart innovative business models for digital publishers and how do subscriptions fit into these, copyrights and the educational market. On Blokboek.com´s download page you will find the opinion of five experts on these important themes.
Van 13 tot 15 januari wordt in New York de jaarlijkse Digital Book World gehouden. Experts laten hun licht schijnen over de toekomst van het digitale boek en de expo geeft een overzicht van technische trends en praktische oplossingen voor hybride publicaties. Dit jaar zijn de kern thema’s de afvlakkende groei van de digitale boekmarkt, zijn er slimme innovatieve business modellen voor digitale uitgevers en is daarin plaats voor abonnementen, hoe gaan we om met copyrights en wat gaat de educatieve markt doen. Op onze downloadpagina vind je de mening van vijf experts over deze belangrijke thema´s.
A record number of new magazine titles were brought to market in the US in 2014, a whopping 855. According to the nypost.combased on figures of the Magazine Innovation Center which works together with the University of Mississippi.
Most of the 234 new magazines will be published at least once every quarter, a growth of 21% versus 2013. Ever popular are the specials and annual publications; 621 new titles have been published of these so-called book-a-zines. Especially magazines for special interest groups are doing well, with 39 new titles in one year.
Professor Samir Husni of the Magazine Innovation Center, mentions a remarkable trend where purely digital companies are now publishing traditional print magazines. Even the successful apartment rental site Airbnb launched its own magazine. According to Professor Husni print is still a very powerful medium in this digital age. “I think any digital company that is worth anything will be doing print magazines in the next two to three years.” according to Husni. We should mention that Professor Husni may not be completely impartial since his nickname is Mr Magazine.
The man who with his Centronics dot matrix printers co-initiated the computer revolution and who founded companies such as Presstek and Howtek died at the end of 2014 in his home in Windham, USA, at the age of 91.
Howard will not only be remembered for his inventions and the companies he founded, but also for his generous donations to the University of New Hampshire and the Dublin School in Ireland where his stepson graduated in 1988. These donations allowed the schools to give more and better education also to underprivileged kids. According to Frank Romano who was close to him, Howard was an innovator at heart and was able to convert ideas into real products and changed our industry forever.
De man die met zijn Centronics dot-matrix printers de computerrevolutie mede op gang bracht en de oprichter was van bedrijven als Presstek en Howtek is eind vorig jaar op 91-jarige leeftijd overleden in zijn woonplaats Windham, USA. Howard zal niet alleen herinnerd worden voor zijn uitvindingen en de bedrijven die hij oprichtte, maar ook voor de miljoenen die hij doneerde aan de Universiteit van New Hampshire en de Dublin School in Ierland, waar zijn stiefzoon in 1988 afstudeerde, waardoor die opleidingsinstituten de kans kregen meer en beter onderwijs te geven ook aan kansarme leerlingen. Hij was volgens Frank Romano, die vele gesprekken had met Howard, een bezielde innovator die in staat was zijn ideeen om te zetten in concrete producten en daarmee onze industrie voor altijd veranderde.
De Grafische Vakbeurs en de Vakbeurs Sign trekt veel standhouders. Volgens beurs-manager Alieke Ingerman is de beurs als het zo doorgaat in enkele weken uitverkocht. De beurs die op 10, 11 en 12 maart gehouden wordt is met een verwachtte 15.000 bezoekers het grootste grafische evenement in de afgelopen jaren. Het aantal grafische standhouders overtreft nog steeds het aantal Sign standhouders hoewel het nu een nek aan nek race begint te worden. Het aantal aanmeldingen voor bezoek aan de beurs groeit gestaag. De Vakbeurs is het evenement waar drukkers, creatieven, marketeers en alle geledingen van de grafische, sign en communicatie-industrie elkaar treffen in een ontspannen sfeer. Een must voor de bezoekers in onze bedrijfstak die zich willen laten inspireren en mensen ontmoeten. Inschrijven kan via deze link.
In haar Verdigris blog geeft Laurel Brunner aandacht aan EcoFolio. EcoFolio is een door de Franse staat gesponsorde non-profit organisatie die probeert het hergebruik van papier in Frankrijk boven de 50% te krijgen. Hoe ze de 230 miljoen euro in gaan zetten om dat te bereiken kun je lezen in het Verdrigis blog op onze artikelen pagina.Lees verder....
EcoFolio is a French state-accredited nonprofit organisation that is responsible for paper collection and recycling throughout France. How cool is that! This group is encouraging businesses and consumers to recycle more paper by making it easier and more efficient, and working with all parts of the supply chain to make this possible.
The group started in 2006 with the intention of getting French paper recycling rates to 55% by 2016 and 60% by 2018. In France this has been as much about changing behaviours and attitudes as it is about raising volumes. Ecofolio recognises that the two are intimately linked, and that cooperation and collaboration are the cornerstone of its strategy. So far its results look promising.
Links have been established between various governing bodies, including accreditation agencies and local municipalities. This includes the French ministries of Ecology and Economy as well as regulatory bodies. Ecofolio itself has an executive board with governance shared by various paper producers, ranging from copying and graphics papers through to newsprint. Between 2006 and 2012 Ecofolio has allocated €230 million to 1,094 local authorities representing 98% of French people. It has received an annual “eco-contribution” which sounds a bit like a tax, from 11,678 “paper-generating entities” and involved 67% of the paper industry’s companies in the Ecofolio work.
This group is working at grass roots to improve paper sorting, collection and recycling systems. They provide advice and ideas to help homes, businesses and local authorities with the operational aspects of recycling. They also conduct educational seminars and awareness-building campaigns to help French citizens better to understand more about how to develop a circular economy that reconciles ecology and economic growth. And they want to improve the national record.
Ecofolio found that paper collection costs varied by over 500% across various towns and systems, and that municipalities spent some €9.1 billion on waste management in 2010. As a result Ecofolio’s efforts, the French are now recycling more paper and are generally more aware of the process and the importance of paper waste management and recycling.
What is more interesting is that this is a cooperation between government and an NGO, and that the Ecofolio work is relevant for the European Union in general, not just France. According to a McKinsey study published in 2012 cost savings of between €380 billion and €630 billion would accrue to EU manufacturing, if circular economy practises such as Ecofolio advocates were adopted. That’s an awful lot of money available for some relatively straightforward actions. The trick is to get ecological initiatives to work at local level, and to make sure that all links in the supply chain are up to speed and motivated. Time to talk to Ecofolio perhaps?
Laurel Brunner
Dit blog wordt mogelijk gemaakt dankzij de bijdrage van: Agfa Graphics (www.agfa.com), Digital Dots (http://digitaldots.org), drupa (www.drupa.com), EFI (www.efi.com), Fespa (www.fespa.com), Heidelberg (www.uk.heidelberg.com), Kodak (www.kodak.com/go/sustainability), Mondi (www.mondigroup.com/products), Pragati Offset (www.pragati.com), Ricoh (www.ricoh.com), Shimizu Printing (www.shzpp.co.jp), Splash PR (www.splashpr.co.uk), Unity Publishing (http://unity-publishing.co.uk) and Xeikon (www.xeikon.com).
BlokBoek.com is de Nederlandse media-partner van Verdigris, een non-profit initiatief dat de werkelijke voetprint van druk- en printwerk die drukwerk achterlaat eerlijk in kaart wil brengen en dat bedrijven en organisatie steunt om die voetprint te verlagen.
Meer informatie over Verdigris vindt je via deze link.
Laurel Brunner pays attention to Ecofolio on her Verdrigris blog. EcoFolio is a French state-accredited non-profit organization focusing on paper recycling. One of its goals is to increase recycling rates to over 50%. If you want to know about how they intend to use the 230 million euros to reach this coal read Laurel´s Verdrigris post on our articles page.
EcoFolio is a French state-accredited nonprofit organisation that is responsible for paper collection and recycling throughout France. How cool is that! This group is encouraging businesses and consumers to recycle more paper by making it easier and more efficient, and working with all parts of the supply chain to make this possible.
The group started in 2006 with the intention of getting French paper recycling rates to 55% by 2016 and 60% by 2018. In France this has been as much about changing behaviours and attitudes as it is about raising volumes. Ecofolio recognises that the two are intimately linked, and that cooperation and collaboration are the cornerstone of its strategy. So far its results look promising.
Links have been established between various governing bodies, including accreditation agencies and local municipalities. This includes the French ministries of Ecology and Economy as well as regulatory bodies. Ecofolio itself has an executive board with governance shared by various paper producers, ranging from copying and graphics papers through to newsprint. Between 2006 and 2012 Ecofolio has allocated €230 million to 1,094 local authorities representing 98% of French people. It has received an annual “eco-contribution” which sounds a bit like a tax, from 11,678 “paper-generating entities” and involved 67% of the paper industry’s companies in the Ecofolio work.
This group is working at grass roots to improve paper sorting, collection and recycling systems. They provide advice and ideas to help homes, businesses and local authorities with the operational aspects of recycling. They also conduct educational seminars and awareness-building campaigns to help French citizens better to understand more about how to develop a circular economy that reconciles ecology and economic growth. And they want to improve the national record.
Ecofolio found that paper collection costs varied by over 500% across various towns and systems, and that municipalities spent some €9.1 billion on waste management in 2010. As a result Ecofolio’s efforts, the French are now recycling more paper and are generally more aware of the process and the importance of paper waste management and recycling.
What is more interesting is that this is a cooperation between government and an NGO, and that the Ecofolio work is relevant for the European Union in general, not just France. According to a McKinsey study published in 2012 cost savings of between €380 billion and €630 billion would accrue to EU manufacturing, if circular economy practises such as Ecofolio advocates were adopted. That’s an awful lot of money available for some relatively straightforward actions. The trick is to get ecological initiatives to work at local level, and to make sure that all links in the supply chain are up to speed and motivated. Time to talk to Ecofolio perhaps?
Laurel Brunner
This blog has been made possible by: Agfa Graphics (www.agfa.com), Digital Dots (http://digitaldots.org), drupa (www.drupa.com), EFI (www.efi.com), Fespa (www.fespa.com), Heidelberg (www.uk.heidelberg.com), Kodak (www.kodak.com/go/sustainability), Mondi (www.mondigroup.com/products), Pragati Offset (www.pragati.com), Ricoh (www.ricoh.com), Shimizu Printing (www.shzpp.co.jp), Splash PR (www.splashpr.co.uk), Unity Publishing (http://unity-publishing.co.uk) and Xeikon (www.xeikon.com).
Blokboek.com is the Dutch media partner of Verdrigris, a non-profit initiative which aims to realistically chart the real footprint of printing and which helps companies and organisations to lower that footprint. More information about Verdrigris can be found via this link.
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The change from paper to digital does not seem to slow down in the world of newspapers. Paper subscriptions declined steadily whilst digital subscriptions were on the rise. Third quarter results for 2014 of the Research institute HOI confirm this.
Out of the big papers the Telegraaf succeeded in selling more paper copies in the third quarter, 461,166 versus 452,390 in Q2. Overall 2014 sales declined by 27,736, as with all newspapers.
The AD´s paper copy sales decreased by 22,000 to a total of 343,791, the Volkskrant only sold 10,000 less paper copies with a total of 216,254 and the NRC Handelsblad lost 17,000 with a total of 153,654 paper copies sold.
The steep digital growth of the Volkskrant and Telegraaf are noteworth. With an increase of 51,000 digital subscriptions the Telegraaf have sold 105,136. The Volkskrant´s digital sales increased by 12,000 to a total of 57,365.
Dankzij YouTube, de ultieme vorm van digitale communicatie, kun je zien wat creatieve geesten met papier kunnen doen. Zo maakte de Chinese kunstenaar gedwongen door geldgebrek een sculptuur van een vrouwenhoofd dat een goed voorbeeld is van de flexibiliteit van papier. Bekijk het filmpje op onze Video Pagina.
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