The Nieman Journalism Lab is wrapping up 2011 with a series of guest posts looking…
Author: Brian O'Leary
Competing with pirates
Just before Christmas, the Guardian reported that Spanish novelist Lucía Etxebarria had decided to stop…
“Either-and” publishing
For the last six years Texterity, a digital and mobile solutions provider, has conducted an…
A holiday tale
‘Twas the night before eBooks, when all through the House Every intern was stirring, and…
Know your rights
Online headlines sometimes get ahead of the story that follows, as was the case yesterday,…
A seat at the table
Last month, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that it had successfully negotiated a new, five-year…
How life turns out
Almost three decades ago, I came to publishing through the back door. I had grown…
Beyond container myopia
For nine years, I served on a board of education in the community where I…
Not pretty enough
Earlier this week, Don Linn posted “A Tragedy of the Commons“, an effective assessment that…
Let’s Put Our Heads Together
(On October 28, I presented the following talk at this year’s “Books in Browsers” conference,…