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.

Saturday, June 01, 2013

The Untouchables

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Globalisation and Technology has introduced a new breed of corporation who ‘see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil, do no evi...

BioStamping: The New User Authentication?

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Earlier this week we wrote in our article, Shifting Technology Boundaries, about the dangers we face in trying to balance the shift fr...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

HTML5 To Be Put Under DRM?

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Many see the emerging HTML5 web standard as the way forward to address many of today’s challenges. Irrespective of device, as long a...

Aberdeen Schools: One Smartphone Per Child

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So what technology will prevail in schools? Will the schools invest in tablets, laptops, smartphones or teacher technology such as w...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Pick-Up a Penguin

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At first glance it reminds you of those quick food vans selling coffee and burgers, but this one is stuffed with books not buns. ...

Shifting Technology Boundaries

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Technology offers and can quickly deliver social, cultural, medical benefits and opportunities that are often beyond our imagination, ...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Digital Platforms Are Strategically Changing

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This last week we have seen three pieces of news which were all worthy of note but when taken together offer us an interesting in...
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Shrinking Discretionary Spending

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We are increasingly moving toward a subscription lifestyle which bodes well for some and could give others a few sleepless nights a...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013

The History That Gives us Read Petite

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The digital era allows us to revisit what once worked but became inefficient and uneconomical in the physical world. It is not a ca...

All Change At Tools of Change

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Often knowing when to stop and move on is harder than continuing to plough the same old furrow. Last week Tim O’Reilly decide...
Monday, April 08, 2013

Digital Evolution: Part 2 Images

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Yesterday we explored the evolution and impact of digital music and today we look at Images. This can be ‘still images’ such as photog...
Saturday, April 06, 2013

Digital Evolution: Part 1 Music

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When we look at today’s digital revolution we often see disruptive change. Many shout, ‘out with the old and in with the new,’ but we...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Territorial Entrepreneur Wins

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We remember speaking as part of a team on Supply Chain opportunities at the UK BA conference back in Dublin in 1998. We knew th...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

MOOCs Getting Bigger

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MOOCs (or Massive Open Online Courses) emerged in 2008. Offering students the opportunity to study high quality courses with presti...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Asda / HMV Is It Wise.Com?

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Today we read that Asda, the UK arm of Walmart, is ‘considering’ a bid for UK entertainment retail casualty HMV . Administrators Delo...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

The Need to Revisit The Supply Chain

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Logistics always taught us that supply chains are only as strong as their weakest link. This is particularly relevant in a finely bal...
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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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