Velocity of Content

Velocity of Content


Latest Episodes

Books To Enter the China Trade War?
August 16, 2019

For publishers, the reprieve is only partial, as President Trump’s threat to levy tariffs on adult books printed in China remains.

NewsGuard Takes on Fake News with Real Journalism
August 11, 2019

Misinformation and disinformation thrive best in the dark. And like fungus and mildew in a cellar, they disintegrate quickly when air and sunlight arrive on the scene.

End of an Era
August 09, 2019

This week, the curtain fell on Barnes & Noble as a publicly-traded company with longtime CEO Len Riggio making his exit after decades in the bookselling business.

Cleaning Up the Scientific Method
August 04, 2019

Researchers at a startup founded by experts in biomedical informatics have developed what they call a credit report for scientific publications. Just like a financial credit report, which shows the fiscal health of a person,

Ingram, Bookazine Move To Fill B&T Retail Void
August 02, 2019

With Baker & Taylor moving out of trade book retail, it’s been a busy summer for Ingram and Bookazine

A Mueller Report for the Visually-Impaired
July 28, 2019

Available editions of the Mueller Report failed the accessibility test for the visually-impaired. So Thad McIlroy and Bill Kasdorf went to work making a fully accessible, freely available edition

Amazon Wants You To Read an Audiobook
July 26, 2019

Just like captions on a TV program, Amazon suggests it may want to show captions on Audible.

A Prescient Start-Up In Toronto
July 21, 2019

On the World Wide Web as we have known it so far, books, photographs, art, and music have all suffered an identity crisis.

Pearson Bids Print Adieu
July 19, 2019

From selling books as objects to providing a service

A Book And Much More
July 14, 2019

Considered from the perspective of technology, a book is an interface, a device for communication. A book is a form factor, too, a physical and metaphorical container, suitable for holding any imaginable human expression.