Javier Celaya

Elisa Yuste

José Antonio Vázquez

María Jesús Rojas

Maribel Riaza

This second edition of New Business Models in the Digital Age is full of updated, need-to-know information for anyone interested in this topic. Due to the outstanding reception the original report had in 2014, having been downloaded over 5,000 times, and because of all of the available new data and important developments, it was necessary to expand the report after just a year to include all of the changes that have taken place since then. Some of the biggest news in this year's edition comes from the world of micropayments, namely the new and hotly debated "pay what you read" business model. The newest changes in subscription models, which are having a hard time taking hold in the book sector, are also discussed as is the surge in the number of new crowdfunding projects that have led to the consolidation of this business trend in the last year alone.

How the new business models in the digital age have evolved

Elena Neira

Nuria Rodríguez

Jovanka Adzic

Luis Miguel Cencerrado

Pablo Gervás

José Manuel Menéndez

Emma Rodero

Mario Tascón

The AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report is a publication which looks at the impact of the internet on our society. Its aim is to delve into the transformation happening within the arts and culture sector and to help entities and professionals create experiences that are in line with the expectations of 21st century consumers. The first part of the 2018 edition brings together texts from professionals in the arts and culture sector as well as from experts in the digital field, in order to get up to speed on important issues regarding main trends. Every year the second part of the edition (Focus) looks at the changes happening among readers and reading material. The aim is to outline a map of digital reading material. Mario Tascón takes a close look at our most connected cities that have been created by the latest interconnected devices and the Internet of Things. He then analyses the role that cultural spaces are destined to perform within these cities. Next, JosО Manuel MenОndez and David Jimeno Bermejo describe the latest challenges faced by immersive technologies and its growing role within the ecosystem of digital content. The Experimental UNIT of the University of Valencia reviews its experience with the use of digital design and analyses how the latest possibilities of mobile devices can offer resources for the construction of the museography debate. Jovanka Adzic discusses a burning issue. In her analysis on the evolution of social networks and their continuously expanding influence on our way of life, she also takes a look at the problem of fake news on the internet. Jovanka goes on to refl ect on the competitive advantage of FANG obtained through large volumes of social data, within an economy driven by Big Data. Elena Neira takes a look at the impact of consumption of on-screen culture and the business models that are based on subscriptions— the so-called “Netfl ix model”. And Emma Rodero – in line with this year’s central theme of Focus – examines the theme of orality and analyses the growing influence of sound and voice in the digital era. Pablo GervЗs builds on the concept of computational creativity and its impact on literary creation. We have a total of seven articles by renowned experts to help us learn and reflect on the changes affecting our society as a whole and to give us a glimpse of new opportunities for the sector of arts and culture. Every year the second part of the edition (Focus) reflects and explains – through the use of best-practice examples both nationally and internationally – the biggest changes happening among readers and reading material in the digital era. The main objective of this section is to present a unified view on the matter. Authors Luis Miguel Cencerrado, Elisa Yuste and Javier Celaya outlines a map to help us navigate with ease through all types of texts; highlighting the role of the reader in the current context of hybrid literature (paper, digital, audio, visual, transmedia, etc.) which is favoured by the digital era we live in. The annual review is published in both Spanish and English, in PDF and EPUB format and can be downloaded for free under the licence of Creative Commons. The publication can be downloaded on the AcciЧn Cultural EspaЦola website in the section digital publications. A copy can also be obtained from major distributors of national and international digital books.

Digital Trends in Culture. Focus: Readers in the Digital Age

AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report.

Beatriz Celaya

Elena Sierra

"Autores indies: El auge de la autoedición en el mundo del libro" aporta datos actualizados sobre el fenómeno de la autoedición y profundiza en temas que no se trataron en el anterior informe publicado en 2014 "Autores independientes. La llegada de la revolución indie". El objetivo de este estudio es aportar a los profesionales del mundo del libro -ya sean editores, agentes, autores, libreros o bibliotecarios- un amplio análisis sobre la evolución y el impacto de la autoedición en el sector editorial para que cada uno de ellos pueda determinar sus oportunidades de negocio y los beneficios derivados de la autoedición. Los lectores encontrarán un amplio análisis actualizado sobre la evolución del negocio de la autoedición en los principales mercados occidentales así como el debate sobre los precios de los ebooks. Se estudia los pros y contras que uno de los nuevos modelos de negocio digitales, la suscripción, tiene tanto para autores indies como para editores, se hace un recorrido por casos de éxito de autores indies, se presentan las principales plataformas de autoedición y las estrategias de comercialización, distribución y visibilidad que tienen que tener en cuenta los autores indies para triunfar dentro del mundo del libro.

El auge de la autoedición.

Autores indies

Iván Martínez

Montecarlo

Mariana Moura Santos

Pau Waelder

Lara Sánchez Coterón

Pepe Zapata

Following the excellent reception of the first two editions of the AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report (2014 and 2015) – more than 5,000 copies of each have been distributed over the past two years – we are pleased to share with culture sector professionals the third edition, which sets out to analyse the impact of new technologies on artistic creation and their use at cultural festivals. To achieve this aim, the broad-ranging content of the third edition of the report has been divided into two main sections to make it easier to read for the different audiences at which it is aimed. 'Smart Culture' is the overarching theme established by the Advisory Committee of the AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2016 as a basis for choosing the six articles that make up the first part of this year's edition. Just as the first report's Focus dealt with the impact of the Internet on the performing arts (theatre, opera, dance, ballet, etc.) and that of the second edition analysed the use of new technologies in the world of museums, for this third edition it conducts a thorough analysis of the use of new technologies at some 50 Spanish and foreign cultural festivals.

Smart Culture: Impact of the Internet on Artistic Creation. Focus: Use of New Digital Technologies at Cultural Festivals.

AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2016

Javier Celaya

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