What is a book in the digital age?When I started in book publishing, twenty-five years ago, books were books. Paper, binding, and offset presses. I didn’t know then that my…Sep 23, 2021Sep 23, 2021
How we do regular team reflectionA few years ago, wise friend Steve Barnett worked with us for several months on a big project. He pointed out that, as a team, we weren’t…Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020
Six lessons from dysfunctional projectsThere are no rules for designing a publishing workflow. If machines run, humans are creative, and high-quality products emerge on time…Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
Published inElectric Book WorksChanging fast and slow: the evolution of tech in book publishingAre things changing rapidly? Yes, no, and very soon.Feb 26, 2020Feb 26, 2020
New publishingHow big ideas, strong leaders, and new tech are changing textbooksFeb 10, 2020Feb 10, 2020
What publishers can learn from publishingPublishers have amazing entrepreneurial skills, and don’t often get credit for thatDec 22, 20173Dec 22, 20173
For publishers in a racist world, neutrality is not a virtue‘Tolerantly dealing with intolerance’ sounds clever, but leads to terrible thingsOct 18, 20171Oct 18, 20171
Published inElectric Book WorksHow we made ‘The Economy’Print and web publishing from a single sourceAug 30, 2017Aug 30, 2017
Institutional licensing: the next school-textbook business modelFor years in South Africa, the textbook-publishing industry has face real threats to its future, because — faced with non-delivery of books…Jul 16, 2017Jul 16, 2017
Published inElectric Book WorksI love you, InDesign, but it’s time to let you goWe just can’t be together in a multi-format worldMay 15, 2017May 15, 2017
