Velocity of Content

Velocity of Content


Latest Episodes

Report Card For University Presses
April 27, 2018

“We’re seeing a boom in nonfiction, regional, and poetry sales—and those are three areas that University presses focus on and excel at.”

The Transition to Open Access
April 22, 2018

The evolving relationship of publishers and institutional libraries faces critical challenges.

Comey Book Lands
April 20, 2018

The year of the political book continues, and, it looks like Macmillan has another #1 bestseller on their hands.

The Efficiency Paradox
April 17, 2018

Historian Edward Tenner argues for a new approach to building algorithms that allows greater information diversity and leaves room for just plain luck

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: The Digital Transformation Experience
April 15, 2018

Stories of innovation marked by changes in workflow and production as well as in markets and customer habits.

At London Book Fair, Life in the Mid-digital Age
April 13, 2018

"We’ve gotten a taste of what digital makes possible, and we’re just not getting there fast enough."

Can A Robot Hold a Copyright?
April 11, 2018

You can’t have original expression without intent, and you can’t have intent without self-awareness.

Redefining Publishing for the Digital Age
April 08, 2018

Facing the daunting challenge of digital transformation requires a publisher to rely as much on redefining and reimagining the experiences of customers, employees, and other stakeholders as on the underlying solution.

In the Indie Golden Age
April 06, 2018

Books the Big Five or the mini-majors could never take on are now finding their way to readers—from great literary fiction to specialized nonfiction, poetry, politics, religion, and kids’ books.

Building a Wider Audience for Readers
April 01, 2018

You just might be a bibliophile, too