Recent Thoughts
Turnarounds
I greatly enjoyed a presentation at the recent Independent Publishers Guild conference by Sam Richardson, CEO of SPCK, who outlined his approach to turning around the fortunes of the troubled specialist publisher. One of the reasons that I enjoyed it so much was that...
Relaunching Maple Leaf Consultants
I first launched myself as a consultant back in 2012 when I had the opportunity to go into a specialist publishing company on the invitation of the CEO to help him propel his business into a new phase of growth. I wrote this blog at the time to describe my excitement...
Start-ups and Publishers – a guide to successful dating
I recently spent a sunny Spring Sunday at the excellent LBF Digital Minds Conference in London, and one of the events that made it worth being indoors was a session that brought together representatives from two start-up companies and two book publishers to talk about...
The changing world of digital books
The evolution of digital technologies is provoking lots of change in the book industry with a revolution in the fundamental forms of the product and the way that they are distributed. Every part of the old value chain is being affected, offering huge challenges to...
Launching Maple Leaf Consultants
I recently had the opportunity to go into a publishing company on the invitation of the CEO to help him propel his business into a new phase of growth. At first glance the business appeared to be very successful: revenues were growing year-on-year, its products are...