Early Summer Newsletter: Accelerate Out of COVID (Bob Dylan is 80. The sun's not yellow, it's chicken).

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View this email in your browser Our World Over the past year, my colleagues and I have conducted multiple projects including back office technology implementations (Microsoft, NetSuite), due diligence support and a content development strategy. In addition, we conducted more than 25 interviews of publishing software companies to complete research for our annual Publishing Technology research report. You can read how these technologists see the impact of COVID via the link below. If your company is considering a business strategy or technology project, we want to help and are always happy to take a call (908 938 4889) or email to discuss your particular challenge. Check out the following business articles of interest: Taking the Temperature - How Publishing Technology Firms View the Future after COVID   Thinking about Selling your Publishing Business? Ensure a smooth process using this approach Adobe Summit: Evangelists for Publishing. Check out the interesting new solutions relevant to publishers Adobe is bringing to market. Consulting: Profiles of some of our consulting work from APA, WoltersKluwer, Wiley and others Publishing & Industry News Clips What if the hybrid office isn't real? - Strategy + Business An Interactive Visualization of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Open Culture How subscriptions took over our lives - Vox A winning operating model for digital strategy - McKinsey Publishers are using eBooks to extort schools and libraries - The Daily Beast Opinion Digital skills and the future of work - New Statesman Amazon Publishing, DPLA Ink Deal to Lend E-books in Libraries - Publishers Weekly The Start-Up Disrupting University Textbooks - Management Today Len Deighton Spy Novels - New Spectator See more at Flipboard Information Media Partners Consulting Where we have been spending our consulting time recently... We conducted a needs assessment, requirements gathering and project management for a prominent association publisher undergoing a finance system upgrade For private equity clients, we completed due diligence reviews for several acquisitions. We contributed subject matter expertise, financial modelling and project management Completed more than 25 interviews for our annual Publishing Technology report (see 2020 report) to be published in late summer You can review more of our project citations by following this link The coming year will be challenging and you will need help. Please get in touch to discuss a project and/or your long-term management needs.  (michael.cairns@infomediapartners.com) Blog Email Information Media Partners Twitter Copyright © 2020 Information Media Partners, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

 

See previous newsletters: 

May 2021: Accelerate Out of Covid

February 2021: When New Models Don't Work 

December 2020: The Close of the Year 

Fall 2020: The Election Season: Vote! 

Spring 2020: You Are the Expert! Now Network. 

December 2019: 200 Million Students Await 

September 2019: Publishing News and Updates 

June 2019: Publishing News and Updates 

February 2019: Research Report Software Vendors for Publishing Companies