From drew at waxebb.com Tue Jul 8 15:07:18 2008 From: drew at waxebb.com (drew davidson) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:07:18 -0400 Subject: [Discuss] etc press beta In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <64725FAE-86B2-4EE2-ACB5-9D67875EF815@waxebb.com> Lulu.com and Carnegie Mellon University?s Entertainment Technology Center Team Up to Redefine the Book Lulu.com, the premier marketplace for digital content on the Internet, is partnering with the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to showcase new creative endeavors launched through the ETC Press, a new academic publishing imprint. With Lulu.com, ETC Press has flexibility in publishing without the limitations encountered by traditional publishing. ETC Press is an innovative experiment into the future of publication, and as such, authors and contributors who publish through ETC Press will retain ownership of their intellectual property. All ETC Press publications will be released under a Creative Commons license, and will also have associated websites to encourage and enable a community of collaborative authorship and discussion. ETC Press also has an agreement with the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) to place ETC Press publications in the ACM Digital Library. "ETC doesn't just want to make a book. They want to open a dialog," says Rob Katz, Senior Vice President of Sales and Communications. "And with the options Lulu offers, like print-on-demand technology, texts available in print and download format, and multi-platform accessibility, ETC can accomplish just that." ETC will be able to take advantage of Lulu's global marketing resources and network of international printers to foster discussions that span the world. ?We believe this is the future of publication,? says Drew Davidson, Director of the ETC in Pittsburgh and Editor of ETC Press. ?Partnering with Lulu.com enables ETC Press to publish across multiple media and publish multiple additions, exploring what constitutes reading and writing.? Lulu and ETC Press are having a beta launch with two books ? stories in between: narratives and mediums @ play and Beyond Fun: Serious Games and Media ? and there are several other projects in development as well. For more information, visit: http://etc.cmu.edu/etcpress/ # # # About Lulu (www.lulu.com): Lulu.com is the premier marketplace for digital content on the Internet, with over 380,000 recently published titles, and more than 5,000 new titles added each week, created by people in 80 different countries. With just over 1.3 million registered members, Lulu is changing the world of publishing by enabling the creators to publish their work themselves with complete editorial and copyright control. With storefronts provided and other marketing support, Lulu creators are fully empowered to profit from their work. About the ACM Digital Library (http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm): The ACM Digital Library is a vast collection of citations and full text from the Association of Computing Machinery journals and newsletter articles and conference proceedings. The Digital Library is the full- text repository of papers from publications that have been published, co-published, or co-marketed by ACM and other publishers. About the ETC (http://etc.cmu.edu): The ETC at CMU offers a Master's Degree in Entertainment Technology. It is a unique interdisciplinary program that is the first of its kind, and the top in its field. The program was started nine years ago by Don Marinelli, who is the currently the executive producer of the program, and Randy Pausch. The concept behind the program is for technologists and artists to work together to create projects that entertain, educate, inform, and inspire.