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Closing 2024: A Look at the Year in the Digital Book Industry

Dec 6

Closing 2024: A Look at the Year in the Digital Book Industry

2024 was an interesting year for the digital book industry and its many facets. As reading continues to adapt to new technologies and...

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Oct 22

WHERE IS THE WORLD OF BOOKS HEADING?

I’ve just returned from the Frankfurt Book Fair, the 76th edition. For me, it was year 11 since my first visit in 2014. It’s a fact that...

This is not a business article (or is it?)

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Aug 12

This is not a business article (or is it?)

I know you're used to seeing me write in my monthly column about books, content, marketing, the digital world, and so on. But this time,...

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Jul 2

AI: Assistance Instrument

We've been talking a lot about AI. Last month, I participated in a panel at an event, gave an interview solely on this topic for a...

The cell phone is the digital Swiss army knife

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May 3

The cell phone is the digital Swiss army knife

I'm from a generation (a very "uncle-like" thing to say, right?) where one of childhood dreams was to own a Swiss army knife. Why?...

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Mar 11

Reading is interacting!

We have often heard that reading is a solitary act, sometimes even a way to escape the world and connect with a world of a story, a...

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Jan 18

How 2024 looks like (to me)

Back, warming up the engines, and already speeding into 2024. After a wonderful break with family, friends, beach, and afternoon naps,...

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Oct 30, 2023

Content is community!

It's not new that the internet talks about communities. I even wrote a text in July 2020 that you can check by clicking here on the...

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Sep 26, 2023

Global content, AI and some challenges

I woke up today with the following news from The Verge: "Spotify is going to clone podcasters' voices - and translate them to other...

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Aug 25, 2023

Not everything needs to be digital!

This time I want to write a slightly different piece... I don't want to discuss a specific business model, a type of content, or a...

Naming content too rigidly can limit its potential?

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Jul 17, 2023

Naming content too rigidly can limit its potential?

I'm going to discuss a topic today that I've previously addressed from a more technical perspective: the disadvantages I see in...

Fragmented Consumption in the Age of TikTok

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Jun 11, 2023

Fragmented Consumption in the Age of TikTok

I want to start this text by revisiting a topic I've written about several times before and that always interests me: what makes the most...

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May 9, 2023

Innovation is a road, not a shortcut

I spent the entire last week at WebSummit, probably one of the largest (if not the largest) innovation events in the world, which landed...

It's not about subtracting humans, it's about multiplying stories :)

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Mar 30, 2023

It's not about subtracting humans, it's about multiplying stories :)

Attention: This text was written by a human being :) Resuming this column here after a mental break and the year-end and carnival pauses...

It's about audio, but have you been listening to yourself?

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Oct 28, 2022

It's about audio, but have you been listening to yourself?

My articles are always about audio, content, technology, innovation, multimedia formats... that's what I love to write and talk about,...

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Sep 29, 2022

How much time do you have?

This is a topic that has always intrigued me: what's the ideal duration for audio content? What's the best format, a single file or...

IPs and Expandable APs: More Formats Bringing More Audience

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Aug 31, 2022

IPs and Expandable APs: More Formats Bringing More Audience

You've probably seen lists like "Books Turned into Movies" on a streaming app. I'm sure you've also come across a book in a bookstore...

There's Nothing in the World More Powerful Than a Good Story!

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Jul 26, 2022

There's Nothing in the World More Powerful Than a Good Story!

I took a moment to revisit the articles I've written over the last 7 years and I realized (or reaffirmed) that above all else, I always...

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Jun 24, 2022

Audio, Docs, and In-Depth Journalism

This is my last article as the General Director of Storytel in Brazil, and in the week of my departure, we launched a project that I'm...

Audioverse, Myverse, Yourverse, Ourverse...

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May 20, 2022

Audioverse, Myverse, Yourverse, Ourverse...

I started my newsletter without a name, and for lack of another word, I first called it "Palme," my last name, and how I had become...

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Apr 24, 2022

I'll listen while...

Each of us has our own preferences and content consumption routines. Some prefer to be more informed, others more entertained, and others...

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Apr 12, 2022

Is podcast = all audio content?

In this article I want to talk about how much and how we have been using the term podcast. Of course, the podcast universe involves a lot...

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