Publishing Strategies and Sustainability

Lots and lots of options…

• How interactive do you want your edition to be?
• What kinds of data do you want to marshal for your edition?
• How dynamic do you want your web service to be?
• What will your audience want and/or expect?
• What can you rely on third parties for and what will you have to implement yourself?

Sustainability

War stories

• http://papyri.info/docs/ddbdp — Success through adversity (and the application of a lot of money)
• James Lawrence Dusenbery Papers, formerly at http://docsouth.unc.edu/browse/collections.html — experimental but unsustainable

Strategies

• Smart development, stupid publishing
• Graceful degradation / Think about accessibility
• Let your data be promiscuous
• OPEN LICENSES!
• DOCUMENTATION!
• Have a business model for your project
• Make strategic partnerships