All Episodes
Report Card For University Presses
“We’re seeing a boom in nonfiction, regional, and poetry sales—and those are three areas that University presses focus on and excel at.”
The Transition to Open Access
The evolving relationship of publishers and institutional libraries faces critical challenges.
Comey Book Lands
The year of the political book continues, and, it looks like Macmillan has another #1 bestseller on their hands.
The Efficiency Paradox
Historian Edward Tenner argues for a new approach to building algorithms that allows greater information diversity and leaves room for just plain luck
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: The Digital Transformation Experience
Stories of innovation marked by changes in workflow and production as well as in markets and customer habits.
At London Book Fair, Life in the Mid-digital Age
“We’ve gotten a taste of what digital makes possible, and we’re just not getting there fast enough.”
Can A Robot Hold a Copyright?
You can’t have original expression without intent, and you can’t have intent without self-awareness.
Redefining Publishing for the Digital Age
Facing the daunting challenge of digital transformation requires a publisher to rely as much on redefining and reimagining the experiences of customers, employees, and other stakeholders as on the underlying solution.
In the Indie Golden Age
Books the Big Five or the mini-majors could never take on are now finding their way to readers—from great literary fiction to specialized nonfiction, poetry, politics, religion, and kids’ books.
Building a Wider Audience for Readers
You just might be a bibliophile, too
PLA Confronts New Media Landscape
At Philadelphia’s PLA Conference, the common thread among speakers was the new media landscape
Privacy Lost and Found
Privacy, as we once knew it, was sold down the digital river a long while ago, says author B.J. Mendelson