{"id":61,"date":"2009-03-23T13:39:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T13:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/wp\/2009\/03\/paper_killers\/"},"modified":"2009-03-23T13:39:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-23T13:39:53","slug":"paper_killers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/2009\/03\/paper_killers.html","title":{"rendered":"Paper Killers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newspapers aren’t the only ones contemplating a digital future. The University of Michigan Press says it will move from paper to pixels<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Michigan officials say that their move reflects a belief that it’s time
\nto stop trying to make the old economics of scholarly publishing work.
\n“I have been increasingly convinced that the business model based on
\nprinted monograph was not merely failing but broken,” said Phil
\nPochoda, director of the Michigan press. “Why try to fight your way
\nthrough this? Why try to remain in territory you know is doomed?
\nScholarly presses will be primarily digital in a decade. Why not seize
\nthe opportunity to do it now?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"kindle.jpg\"<\/span>It’s a recognition of the inefficiencies of paper. Recently it was reported that it costs $10 per copy<\/a> just to deliver the San Francisco Chronicle Sunday edition to subscribers. And then there’s this story<\/a> from back in January:<\/p>\n

…it costs the [New York] Times<\/i> about twice as much money to print and deliver the
\nnewspaper over a year as it would cost to send each of its subscribers
\na brand new Amazon Kindle instead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Newspapers aren’t the only ones contemplating a digital future. The University of Michigan Press says it will move from paper to pixels: Michigan officials say that their move reflects a belief that it’s time to stop trying to make the old economics of scholarly publishing work. “I have been increasingly convinced that the business model […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ePZm-Z","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3130,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/diacritical\/2025\/12\/ai-that-turns-museums-into-conversations-the-digital-twin.html","url_meta":{"origin":61,"position":0},"title":"AI that turns Museums into Conversations: The Digital Twin","author":"Douglas McLennan","date":"December 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Museums still operate as if interpretation is a one-way stream, produced by experts and consumed by the public. 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