In working with publishing startups, investors play an important role in funding or coordinating compatible…
Venture Capital/Private Equity
What to look for in your next publishing investment
Investors can offer (and obtain) significant value by identifying promising solutions and funding them through…
Where investors can make a difference for publishing startups
Publishing startups can die on the vine looking for enough funding to prove out a…
What Top-Line Numbers Don’t Reveal
Annual assessments of the book publishing business usually focus on top-line results: how total revenue compares…
Time to Revise Your Publishing Workflow? 6 Warning Signs it Won’t Scale
Why do digital media startups attract investor capital at a time when traditional publishers are…
Is Service Delivery The Future Of Education Publishing?
Last week, I briefed a visiting delegation of Chinese publishers on recent U.S. trends in…
Facing A Dominant Platform? Change The Rules, Not Just The Terms
In 2011 and 2012, Hugh McGuire and I co-edited and contributed chapters to Book: A…
Protecting The Web From Online Pirates: Better Laws & Fewer Lawsuits
Last week, the American Bar Association (ABA), a membership organization that represents lawyers in the…
5 Digital Publishing Start-Ups to Watch
Because I write and consult at the intersection of publishing and technology, I am sometimes…
What An Ebook Slump Means For The Publishing Supply Chain
The slowdown in the growth rate for sales of eBooks has prompted a rolling discussion…