Back in April when PodShow re-branded to MEVIO, there was a a fair bit of spitting over the CEO’s comments that the company had “…never believed in user-generated content as a business, or even as a sustainable entertainment offering“. This created all manner of waves amongst podcast producers. Here is my personal take on why [...]
Commercial Audiobook distribution is flawed. At one time they were only available on cassette tape (remember those?), now it is CD plus some online distribution using DRM (Digital Rights Management) to prevent piracy. Each of these systems is flawed because they cross the boundaries between books and music. Readers read books (I know, it’s obvious, [...]
Being away on holiday last week and not having the opportunity to work on completing the final few pages of the first draft of Table Rappers: A Persistent Spirit, gave me some time to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. The possibilities currently arising out of what was, in its original [...]
