In conclusion, Desktop Publishing has changed through technology advances over the past twenty years at great speed, these changes have made production a lot more cost effective, production less time consuming and faster delivery of products to public distribution.
The same can be said for Electronic Publishing in general, the impact on multimedia has been enormous with at a click of a button whether it is on a computer, handheld device or on CD/DVD we can receive electronic information at very fast speeds.
With all these great technology advances over the years in Electronic Publishing, the way files can be transported over the Internet at great speeds to anywhere around the world at a touch of a button, what if tomorrow we had no Internet, Electronic Publishing, Social Networking, would come to a stand still. In today's world we are so connected and rely on the Web for all our needs, from I Phones, I Pods, Computers, Laptops, could we still function as normal human beans without this technology?
Sharing my knowledge and experiences as a Graphic Designer in the Print Industry for over 10 years.
Introduction to my GRCP101 Final Project
For my Final Project for GRCP101 I have decided to research the area of Electronic Publishing.
There are many types of Electronic Publishing and methods of Publishing but I would like to focus my research on Desktop Publishing in the print industry and the inventions and developments of publishing within that industry.
I shall give a brief overview of Electronic Publishing in general but for the most I shall concern my findings to Desktop Publishing. The title of this Final Project is “From the Printing Press to the Electronic Press”.
REASON I Choose this field of Research?
Given that I have spent many years in this industry. I feel this would be a very strong topic for my research. I would also like to include the different career paths in this industry from Production Artists, Graphic Designers, Digital Operators and the death of some careers also example the Plate Maker. I feel my research will be very useful to anyone who is thinking of entering into the Print industry, either as a Graphic Designer, Production Artist or a Digital Operator. This will help people decide if this career path is right for them.
What is Electronic Publishing?
So what is Electronic Publishing? To fully understand what the term Electronic Publishing means, we must first look at the word publishing and its aspect. Publishing goes through 3 stages, publish, publisher, and finally publishing. Publish means to issue, for sale or distribution, to the public printed, reproduced textual or graphical material. In order to publish one needs a publisher. A publisher is simply a person or company who publishes books, periodicals, multimedia etc., and finally, publishing is the business or activity of a publisher.
By adding the word electronic in front, it does not change the meaning of publishing, but the publisher does it electronically and with no paper involved. There are some exceptions to this rule in Desktop Publishing where the publisher sends electronic files to a printing press for final output to paper for distribution. This same principle applies to Digital Printing, which will be explained in more detail in this research paper.
There are various forms of electronic publications, ranging from books, newspapers, magazines, websites, CD ROMs, DVD, ebooks, E-journals, digital libraries, manuals and Social Networking. With escalating paper and publishing costs, magazine publishers and the academic community is now turning to electronic publishing as a way to reduce cost. On the other hand, copyright issues are limiting the amount of articles that newspapers are putting forth electronically.
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