The Digital Publishing Podcast

AI is upending almost all walks of life and industry right now. In this episode we are extremely lucky to get to talk to AI expert and publishing veteran George Walkley. We talk about copyright, creativity, accessibility and how AI impacts all of this for the publishing industry, as well as broader society. Sign up for George's newsletter at georgewalkely.com/newsletter [http://georgewalkely.com/newsletter] CREDITS: Produced by Simon Mellins Presented by Simon Mellins and Simon Holt Music: Better Days by penguinmusic at Pixabay

Laura Brady has been advocating for, training in and talking about accessibility in publishing for longer than almost anyone, and we are deeply privileged to have her join us for this fascinating talk on all things accessible publishing. We learn about her journey through various parts of publishing to where she is today, and get her take on recent developments. Laura mentioned the following metadata report: https://apln.ca/accessibility-metadata-best-practices-for-ebooks/ [https://apln.ca/accessibility-metadata-best-practices-for-ebooks/] CREDITS: Produced and Presented by Simon Mellins Transcript provided by Lumina Datamatics Music: Better Days by penguinmusic at Pixabay

The Digital Publishing Podcast returns! Times have certainly changed since the last episode, so we have 2 expert lawyers in the field of accessible publishing, Lainey Feingold and Eve Hill, joining me and my new co-host Simon Holt to discuss where we’re at, what’s changed and what hasn’t. This was an unusual episode to record, as it wades into politics in a way this podcast doesn't normally. But in this critical historical moment, where disability rights in the US are under threat in such a blunt and ill-thought-out way, there is no room for 'both sides'. That said, we stay practical and optimistic, with 2 of the best experts in the business helping to understand the reality of the current situation. CREDITS: Produced by Simon Mellins Presented by Simon Mellins and Simon Holt Music: Better Days by penguinmusic at Pixabay

2 Simons for the price of one! This episode of the Digital Publishing Podcast features my fantastic and very broad conversation with Simon Holt from Elsevier, where he shares his powerful perspective as someone with real lived experience of disability, who has worked in and around publishing and accessibility for many years. CREDITS: Produced and Presented by Simon Mellins Transcript provided by Lumina Datamatics Music: Better Days by penguinmusic at Pixabay

Michael Johnson is an EPUB and accessibility legend - but this is not how his story started. Listen to this episode to hear his journey, and all about the incredible work being done at Benetech to empower readers all over the world, including the revolutionary BookShare service. CREDITS: Produced and Presented by Simon Mellins Transcript provided by Lumina Datamatics Music: Better Days by penguinmusic at Pixabay