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Andrew Savikas

Publishing technology and digital publishing strategy blogger, speaker, author


Areas of Expertise:
  • Publishing Technology
  • XML
  • DocBook
  • speaking

Biography

Andrew Savikas is the Director of Publishing Technology at O'Reilly Media, and is the General Manager of O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing division, which spreads the knowledge of publishing innovators in person, online, and in print. He blogs at toc.oreilly.com, and is also a regular contributor to the O'Reilly Radar blog.

In addition to serving as Program Chair for O'Reilly's TOC Conference (scheduled for February 9-11 in New York) Andrew has worked on several key publishing technology initiatives at O'Reilly, including the design and deployment of an open-standards-based XML content distribution platform. Andrew is an advisor to Safari Books Online, O'Reilly's joint venture with Pearson Technology Group. His recent work has also included helping to plan O'Reilly's ebook and digital publishing strategy.

Andrew holds a B.S. in Media Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston. He is a frequent speaker at publishing and content management conferences, and is also the author of "Word Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming your Text".

Books

Word Hacks Word Hacks
by Andrew Savikas
November 2004
$24.95 USD
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Articles

Blog

How Hackers Show it's Not All Bad News at the New York Times

July 30 2008

The hacking-friendly culture within the New York Times just may save the organization. read more

How Hackers Show it's Not All Bad News at the New York Times

July 30 2008

The hacking-friendly culture within the New York Times just may save the organization. read more

Tech Publisher Asks "Are Ebooks Ready for Technical Content?"

July 29 2008

Dave Thomas from the Pragmatic Programmers is mulling whether to make their books available on the Kindle, and encountering many of the same issues we faced here at O'Reilly... read more

Tech Publisher Asks "Are Ebooks Ready for Technical Content?"

July 29 2008

Publishers should be able to expect a minimum level of rendering in ebooks. read more

Call for Participation Now Open for TOC 2009

July 28 2008

The Call for Participation is now open for the 2009 TOC Conference, Feb. 9-11 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. As usual, we'll be accepting proposals for... read more

30 O'Reilly Titles Now Available as Ebook Bundles; Many In Kindle Store Later Today

July 28 2008

O'Reilly has released 30 titles as DRM-free downloadable ebook bundles. The bundles include three ebook formats (EPUB, PDF, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket) for a single price -- at or below the book's cover price. read more

Call for Participation Now Open for TOC 2009

July 21 2008

The Call for Participation is now open for the 2009 TOC Conference, Feb. 9-11 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. As usual, we'll be accepting proposals for... read more

O'Reilly Ebook Bundles Now Available

July 16 2008

As promised last month, O'Reilly has released 30 titles as DRM-free downloadable ebook bundles. The bundles include three ebook formats (EPUB, PDF, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket) for a single price -- at or below the book's cover price. And for a bit more than the cover price, you can get the… read more

30 O'Reilly Titles Now Available as Ebook Bundles; Many In Kindle Store Later Today

July 15 2008

O'Reilly has released 30 titles as DRM-free downloadable ebook bundles. The bundles include three ebook formats (EPUB, PDF, and Kindle-compatible Mobipocket) for a single price -- at or below the book's cover price. read more

Ebooks Abound in New iPhone Apps Store

July 11 2008

Today my email inbox (and the twittersphere) is brimming with comments about ebooks comprising 8% of the currently available apps in the new iPhone Apps store. These are not all... read more

Ebooks Abound in New iPhone Apps Store

July 10 2008

Today my email inbox (and the twittersphere) is brimming with comments about ebooks comprising 8% of the currently available apps in the new iPhone Apps store. These are not all... read more

Select O'Reilly Books Soon on Kindle, and as DRM-free Digital Bundles (Including EPUB)

June 25 2008

Official word on O'Reilly's upcoming ebook initiatives. read more

Amazon's Road to Profitability: Toll Booths on Your Road to Readers

June 25 2008

Profitability pressures are pushing Amazon to become the toll booth that every publisher must go through to get to readers. read more

Select O'Reilly Books Soon on Kindle, and as Digital Ebook Bundles

June 20 2008

Update: On his New York Times blog, David Pogue has noted O'Reilly's pilot in the context of the recent discussion prompted his column on ebooks and piracy (which brought insightful responses from Adam Engst and  Mike Masnick, along with a follow up from David). Ebooks are certainly nothing new for… read more

Select O'Reilly Books Soon on Kindle, and as Digital Ebook Bundles

June 18 2008

Ebooks are certainly nothing new for us at O'Reilly. We've offered PDFs of hundreds of our titles for some time now, and as noted here before on Radar, until quite recently Safari Books Online (our online-publishing joint venture with Pearson) generated more revenue than was typically associated with the entire… read more
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