Category: For The Media
Where did it go?
In preparation for the release of our latest book, we made some changes to the navigation menu bar. All of the product description pages for Detailing Track and Pieces of The Puzzle are located in a new category called “Our Books” (original huh?), located next to Home. Next to Our Books is another new category [...]
Some remodeling to the site is coming soon.
I wanted to let everyone know that some minor remodeling to the site is on the way. Most of the changes will be to the menu bar in order to simplify things. We’ll be adding new product pages and categories to the site and listing everything on the menu bar would make for a lot [...]
OST Publications is now on Facebook
It took us long enough but we now have a fan page on Facebook. It’s another way to find us and keep up with what’s going on. On the right hand sidebar you’ll find a link to the page under the Welcome box. The page is a bit sparse for now but check it out [...]
What’s coming in 2012?
What’s coming in 2012? When will we see something new? Huh, huh, Mike? Okay, here’s the skinny on what’s going on. First, I’m working on two e-books, e-pubs, e-whatever-you-want-to-call them. The closest to being ready is the first one in a new series called Modern Freight Cars, Volumes 1-? If you’re a modern era modeler [...]
Digital publishing and the hobby
Depending on where you fix the starting point, the digital revolution has been around for several decades now, and despite that fact, we’re only just beginning to understand the implications of it all. Desktop publishing tools have been around since the mid 1980s and have democratized publishing by removing the barriers to entry for almost [...]
It’s a great time for publishing
It’s a great time to be a publisher. You don’t often hear that sentiment because most publishers are married to traditional modes (i.e. books), which are being marginalized by new digital tools and ways of presenting information. These tools also bring different kinds of business models that are upending the way publishing has done business [...]
