Posts on Publishing

How e-Book DRM could actually be a good thing: alternatives to Adobe, Amazon and Apple

So what are the alternatives to the existing Amazon/Apple/Adobe system? One alternative that has some real-world traction is the idea that books should be read from the web, in browsers.

Aug 11, 2018 - 5 min read

Digital Publishing in Singapore, iii

This section considers the use of digital technologies in the various business activities of Singapore’s publishers: from content origination through production to marketing and sales.

Aug 11, 2018 - 8 min read

Digital Publishing in Singapore, ii

Singapore’s publishers have been operating digital businesses for decades. Professional, academic and science, technology and medicine (STM) publishers were the first to take the plunge into digital, and have been providing book and journal content electronically to libraries and institutions around the world for at least the last 15 years.

Aug 11, 2018 - 12 min read

How Singapore regulates the book publishing industry

One of my most interesting PS Media projects was writing a report for the UK Publishers Association on Singapore’s book markets and publishing industry, published in 2012.

Aug 11, 2018 - 6 min read