EDItEUR International Supply Chain Seminar
An AI-in-publishing update presented at the EDItEUR International Supply Chain Seminar in Frankfurt, comparing developments since 2023 and revisiting which principles still hold.
Posts and Newsletters
Society of Indexers Conference and Content Quality
Reflections from a Society of Indexers conference presentation on how publishers are using AI, and whether AI-generated content will lower—or diversify—creative standards.
AI Presentation for BookNet Canada
A summary of a BookNet Canada Tech Forum presentation on building a balanced and ethical AI strategy in publishing, covering copyright, accuracy, environmental impact and practical use cases.
New Office
(Originally posted on LinkedIn): I’m coming up on four years of working as an independent consultant, and I’ve hit the limit on working f...
Books of the Year 2023
(Originally posted on LinkedIn): It’s become a habit each December for me to post about the best books that I read this year. For the fou...
Geopolitics, Publishing and TikTok
TikTok's geopolitical vulnerability is a prompt for publishers to ask a harder question: what proportion of your social audience are you migrating to channels you own?
Four Ages of Strategy
Applying Rumsfeld's four epistemic states—including the often-overlooked 'unknown known'—to map the four ages of business strategy and what they demand of leaders today.
A Fair Share in the Circular Economy
Original research estimating the UK secondhand book market at £360–500 million, and what it means for author earnings and the AuthorShare compensation scheme.