The Future Of Publishing Blog by Thad McIlroy
March 29th, 2020
For my new column in Publishers Weekly I’ve tried to reimagine metadata as a game. Not quite a board game; maybe a parlor game. When it comes to book publishing, metadata is a game of chance. We don’t know which BISAC categories work best for any particular title, which keywords outperform, or how to write…
November 2nd, 2015
There are not many people who blog about metadata. There are fewer still who blog about metadata for books.
May 9th, 2013
On day two of the Music Industry Metadata & Information Summit held in Los Angeles this week (run by NARM and DigitalMusic.org) Rob Weitzner laid it on the line in evoking the ever-elusive appeal of metadata. “Metadata is sexy,” he said. “because if you get paid, that’s sexy.”
May 6th, 2013
The conference brochure copy captured the event very well: A never-before seen collection of high-level working sessions and talks about very practical issues, this two-day summit is designed to both inform newcomers about the importance of managing information through metadata — the “plumbing” that ensures digital tracks are labeled correctly in online music stores —…
February 28th, 2013
I met Anne Hill earlier this month when I made a last-minute “guest appearance” at one of her author workshops in San Francisco. A self-described “storyteller with an ear for what makes a message worth paying attention to,” Anne runs a very good site called Creative Content Coaching: Messaging and Content Strategies for People with Wisdom to…