What is meant by E-publishing and network publishing? Describe the advantages of E-Journals and distribution methods of its different types.

 The printing and publishing industry had come into existence after the invention of printing press with movable type by Johannes Gutenberg1 in 1455. The developments in information technology have ushered in a new era in the methods and techniques in printing and publishing. In the previous Unit we have already given you an idea of Desk Top Publishing. In this Unit ,we will be discussing how the publishing can be done in the digital and network environment.

The technology enables the manufacture of high quality printed works at a fraction the cost of hand copying. With the passage of time literary, scientific, historic, informative works, observations and experiences of people are started to be recorded in the paper media rapidly. The society which could exist thousands of years without paper became paper-based rather paperdependent society within a few years. There are sufficient reasons of major innovations like the rotary, steam-driven press behind these changes. With the emergence of many such analogous tools and techniques, the publishing and printing industry could be started to produce books, journals, newspapers, pamphlets, reports, other publications in a large scale to cope with the age of information explosion. More than 500 years of history of printing and its associated activities, publishing scenario is expanded and reasonably changed in comparison with what it was in the Gutenberg’s age. In fact, scientists again started to debate for the paperless or less paper society. More over the significant development of Information technology and its applications in the field of printing and publishing world has undergone remarkable changes during last few decades. Within this period the concept of Desk Top Publishing (DTP) was emerged which is considered as little more than the logical extension of word processing (WP). And as time passes WP packages were able to adopt more and more DTP features while DTP package adopted more and more WP features. But recently exponential expansion of Internet has paved the way for electronic publishing (e-publishing). In other word, the Information Technology (IT) has altered the mode of publication in the form of attractive electronic sources. The new era of e-publishing has been started affecting producers, distributors, library and information centers and the users drastically. Developments and changes in the World of e-publishing can be used effectively to provide the users with pinpointed, exhaustive information at right time.

Network publishing is the integration of computer networks and traditional publishing that creates a basis for a new mechanism for organized information sharing. Computer networks can now support interactive text applications across many countries. Publishers have been exploiting computer technology to speed printed publications to market. Using computer networks for the distribution of work takes this trend to the next logical step. Based on the experience of the WAIS™, World Wide Web, and Gopher systems on the Internet, this article will propose the technical rationale for network publishing and suggest some of the components of a successful commercial system. 

Electronic journals advantages

• You can search the contents pages and/or the full text of journals to find articles on a certain subject. 
• You can read journal articles on your desktop, you don't have to be in the Library.
• You can e-mail articles to yourself or download them for printing. 
• The article that you want to read will always be available, even when the Library is closed. 
• Hypertext links allow you to move to different sections within individual journals or articles and can link you to related resources on the Internet.
• Journals can include more images and audio-visual material. 
• Journals can be interactive - you can e-mail the author or editor with your comments. 
• Electronic distribution refers to distribution of information,art, or software through the World Wide Web or FTP sites or, in some cases, through mailing lists. 

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