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Is the "Musification" of Publishing Imminent? 

In this Beyond the Book "Extra" - presented in anticipation of the 30th annual meeting of the Society of Scholarly Publishing beginning May 28 in Boston, host Christopher Kenneally examines whether current "packaging" trends in the music industry (think iTunes) will make their way into the publishing world. 

Taking on the questions are executives from two leading solutions providers for book and journal publishers - John Sack, Director and Associate Publisher of HighWire Press , and Joel Bush, Director of Publishing and Media at Near-Time .  Both companies are recent Copyright Clearance Center RightsConnect Partners. 

Listen to the interview HERE.

Web 2.0 extends to mobile devices with the release of Near-Time Connection

Members of Near-Time spaces can now access content and participate in the community from their smart phone using Near-Time Connection.  This newly available feature is optimized for phone browsers and gives users full read, download, and comment access.  

For publishers, this extends the availability of content and community interaction beyond simple web access.  Community members can stay up-to-date on discussions and developments from their iPhone, BlackBerry, Treo, or other smart phone device.  Visit Near-Time for a complete Connection feature tour --> Near-Time Connection.

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Members of this space can access the mobile version by clicking the "Mobile Device" link in the right-hand sidebar. 

With the release of Connection, the company also announced that they are bringing Web 2.0 content and community interaction to homepages everywhere with the addition of an iGoogle gadget.  iGoogle users can access and participate in their community directly from the iGoogle homepage. 

Read more in the article from Publishers Weekly
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