The Challenges of the Publishers in the Industrial Era 4.0: A Review

Abstract

The era of industry 4.0 is a digital revolution characterized by the fusion or collaboration between cyber and automation technology. Not only in production processes, but also in almost all parts of economic value chains thus new business model based on digital technology to achieve high efficiency and better quality is created. As a part of creative industry, publishing faces the development and demand to change brought by industry 4.0, from business model, product and services innovation, to marketing and target users. This paper explains the development, challenge, opportunity, and effort related profession disruption faced by publishing professionals in industry 4.0 era. The review in this paper was done by conducting literature and empirical studies. The result shows that publishing professionals must strive to transform mindset and work process in publishing world. Those transformation can be achieved by competency improvement through increasing knowledge in publishing management, building coopetition between fellow publishing professionals, and consistent orientation for users’ needs. It is important for publishing professionals to view this phenomenon as a challenge that brings many possibilities for the development towards publishing 4.0

Strategi Survival Penerbit Minor Ellunar Publisher Di Era Digital

“…Data-data tersebut membuktikan bahwa tantangan dalam industri penerbit di Indonesia sangat berat, sehingga setiap penerbit harus memiliki strategi agar tetap mampu mempertahankan eksistensi bisnisnya terutama dalam era digital. Suhendra et al, (2020) menjelaskan bahwa transisi digital pada industri kreatif sangat memungkinkan terjadi, meskipun pergerakannya dalam dunia penerbitan cenderung pelan dan stabil jika dibandingkan dengan industri lain. Jaison (2018) menuturkan bahwa pelaku industri penerbit harus siap beralih ke digital untuk menghadapi penurunan jumlah pembaca dan peningkatan biaya produksi.…”

“…Penelitian lain dilakukan oleh (Suhendra et al, 2020) menyebutkan bahwa revolusi industri 4.0 telah menimbulkan disrupsi dikarenakan kemajuan teknologi dan internet mampu menggantikan posisi manusia di banyak bidang. Dalam industri penerbitan juga tidak lepas dari pengaruh era disrupsi, di mana penerbitan yang masih bersifat konvensional memiliki kemungkinan tinggi tergantikan oleh aplikasi (Baenanda, 2019).…”