Thursday, June 04, 2026

Too Many Tables, Too Little Progress: A Case for Consolidating Publishing's Trade and Standards Organizations

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I think there are too many trade groups and associations in Publishing Read at substack https://personanondata.substack.com/p/too-many-table...

Media Week: ABA Booksellers, Wiley AI Cash, Unions

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Wiley reports over $100mm over two years in AI training revenues. Read about it and other headlines on substack: https://personanondata.subs...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Media Week Update: Appropriate $19.5M Judgment Against Anna’s Archive

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 Read this new update for publishing on my substack page:   https://personanondata.substack.com/p/pnd-mediaweek-news-round-up    
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Colbert Questions - Its his last week!

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  Over on Substack I have answered the Colbert questionnaire definitively.   https://open.substack.com/pub/personanondata/p/colbert-questio...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Substack Migration

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 Hello, I have migrated all PND content over to substack where all the cool kids are. At this late stage they may be grown ups. I think even...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Supply Dies In Irrelevance

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For most of history, publishers have exercised control by managing supply. Publishers decided what was published, when and where it appeared...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Publishing Technology Report 2026: ERP, CRR, PIM, Editorial - Detailed Vendor Profiles (Updated)

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  A fully revised version of my Publishing Technology Software and Services Report (2026) is now available at a special price of $499.00. T...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

The Librarians: PBS Independent Lens Documentary. Protecting Freedon to Read

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  Summary:The Librarians - protecting the freedom and right to read. From the underfunded PBS. Part of their code of conduct to fight...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Predictions 2026: My Friend HAL Makes the Future

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Predictions have been a hit or miss phenomenon at PND over the past few years ( since 2018 it seems ) and in the intervening years since my ...
Monday, December 15, 2025

What did I get up to in 2025?

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I have not done this in a while (and this is mostly for my own gratification) and there isn't anything extraordinary in this list of pe...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Costa Rica: Haven of Relaxation

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Recently came back from a week in Costa Rica. Some travel reviews from this year's vacation: Hotel Rio Perdido an SLH (Hilton Affiliated...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Looking to Transition to Plan B?

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Back in the dark past of 2018, Plan S launched with the objective of destroying the business models of academic commercial publishers and ...
Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Black Box, White Collar: How AI Learned to Reject You in Milliseconds

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A recent research article published in APA''s Journal Consulting Psychology Journal titled, Some Ethical and Legal Issues in Using ...
Friday, September 12, 2025

Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Bargain Bin

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On the back of the proposed Anthropic copyright settlement there is almost certainly a long line forming outside the Association of American...
Friday, September 05, 2025

Clarivate Reports 2Q results - Back on Track?

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C larivate, the information services firm, reported second-quarter results that, while not dazzling, suggest a business regaining its footin...