Reorganization of Editorial and Product Management at Major Consumer Publisher

For a multi-million-circulation consumer magazine publisher, created a strategy for reorganization of editorial and product management functions to support cross-media content development; this included redesign of organization, processes, and technology. Results were mentioned in Folio magazine cover story, October 2007.

Publishing Technology Partners Launch

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (New York, April 27, 2018) -- Ken Brooks, Bill Kasdorf, Thad McIlroy, Bill Rosenblatt, and Bill Trippe announce the formation of Publishing Technology Partners (pubtechpartners.com), a new consulting partnership that will offer a broad range of experience and expertise from a single source to clients in all segments of the publishing industry … Continue reading Publishing Technology Partners Launch

Study on E-Book Interoperability for French Government Agency

For HADOPI, an agency of the French Ministry of Culture and Tourism, created a summary of the market for e-book DRM technologies in France; then performed a study of a proposal for legislation that would require e-books distributed with DRM to be interoperable across distributors, DRM technologies, and e-reading systems. Made recommendations for an alternative … Continue reading Study on E-Book Interoperability for French Government Agency

Rights Management System for Educational Publisher

For a large educational publisher, implemented systems and processes to capture assets to be used in a product and drive them through rights research, clearance and payment activities for new editions. Modified the existing rights systems to capture a broader range of rights information that is now used for reporting and remediation of potential term … Continue reading Rights Management System for Educational Publisher