Brave New World

Topical items and views on the impact of digitisation on publishing and its content and the issues that make the news. This blog follows the report 'Brave New World', (http://www.ewidgetsonline.com/vcil/bravenewworld.html ), published by the Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland and authored by Martyn Daniels. The views and comments expressed are those of the author.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Libraries Are Doing It For Themselves

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It has always been a mystery why some who were always to be regarded as being too small to compete digitally by themselves did not take...
Monday, June 25, 2012

The Long Walk to DRM Freedom

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The big debate today is still about DRM and whether it is necessary to prevent piracy . Some would argue that it is more of a s...
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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Sweating the Physical Book Warehouse

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In today’s world of constant digital bombardment I often forget the physical world and the need to constantly recalibrate its logistics...

BIC 2012: Rethinking The Future

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This is a presentation i gave to the BIC New Trends Seminar 2012 on 20th June in London. The one thing that is certain about tomo...
Thursday, June 07, 2012

MY Map Is Better Than Yours!

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The battles between Google, Apple and Microsoft are often complex and are more than just operating systems, they are about a wi...
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Amazon Acquires Avalon Books

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Amazon continues to move forward with purpose and probably understands publishing and the value chain better than any other entity....
Saturday, June 02, 2012

Curisoa and Curiosa

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We must have blinked and missed the recent poll by MyVoucherCodes.co.uk into our reading habits. The survey of some 1,863 U...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Digital Marketing Is Marketing

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Digital publis hing is not just about pouring the physical book into a digital container, or even about redesigning the content so i...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Waterstones: Kissing Their Customers Goodbye

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Today we read the opinions of many in the trade and business press on the surprise move by James Daunt to let Amazon in to Waterstones ...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

Waterstones Let The Fox Into The Chicken Hut

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Today is a new dawn for UK Booksellling, as its premier retail chain Watersones, effectively handed over its digital if not its future ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Magic Town: A Place Where Stories Live?

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Destination websites have always been attractive to those searching for that one place where they can find everything they want under o...
Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Think Of Information As You Would Think Of Food

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Every now and then we watch a TED conference and it makes us think differently. Examples we...
Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Thoughts on a Smartphone Versus a Tablet

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When we wrote last week about the new Samsung GS3we expressed our view that the smartphone platform is core to the future and a...
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Friday, May 04, 2012

Want One - Samsung S3

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Smartphones are at one end of the spectrum and PC Laptops at the other with tablets sitting in the middle. You must have a phone...
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Martyn Daniels
Before entering publishing I worked for many years as a Senior Executive in blue chip organisations in the retail, oil and automotive sectors. My publishing induction was initially as Director of Strategic Development at VISTA. There I was responsible for, and a contributor to, their highly acclaimed ‘Publishing in the 21st Century’ research series, the primary creator behind publishing services PubEasy and ‘batch.co.uk’, the initiator of the development of new Front Office systems to support publishers. In 2006 I joined Value Chain International(VCIL) initially as VP Marketing, Media and Publishing before becoming their President in 2009. In July 2011 the company's operations were acquired by Syncordia. I hold two non executive positions with publishing industry players Bibliophile Ltd and Haven Group and currently setting up Read Petite a service focused on providing digital short form material online via subscription. Email mdaniels@opus57.co.uk
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