A couple of weeks back, I wrote about a decision by Technology Review to discontinue…
Author: Brian O'Leary
Collusion and Business Models Are Not the Same
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice decided to sue several publishers and an…
Conspiracy theory
Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice decided to sue several publishers and an…
A Big Data Challenge
On Tuesday, I attended an executive roundtable hosted by O’Reilly Media and Publisher’s Weekly. The…
A (big) data challenge
On Tuesday, I attended an executive roundtable hosted by O'Reilly Media and Publisher's Weekly. The…
How Else Can I Imagine This Data?
Since January, I’ve been working with the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and BookNet Canada…
Pivoting on metadata
Since January, I've been working with the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and BookNet Canada…
Waking Up to Platform Lock-In
I’ve written a lot about piracy and a fair amount about DRM, particularly how it…
Speed bumps
I've written a lot about piracy and a fair amount about DRM, particularly how it…
Thinking More Broadly About Digital Exports
In the last year-plus, Livres Canada Books commissioned us to research and write two research…