Research Talk by Richard Charkin, "My Back Pages: A undeniably personal history of publishing"

Publishing Research Talk by Richard Charkin, "My Back Pages: A undeniably personal history of publishing"
This talk was delivered as part of the DIS lunchtime research seminar series on 11 October 2023.
Richard Charkin’s experience as a publisher is unique among his generation. Over the past half century he has been a scientific and medical publisher, a journal publisher, a digital publisher and a general publisher. He has worked for family-owned companies, public companies and start-ups. In his memoir he uses his unrivalled experience to illustrate the profound changes that have affected the identity and practices but not the purpose of publishing.
Richard founded Mensch in 2018. It has no mission statement and no stated editorial strategy. Its aim is simply to help authors reach readers with minimal intervention and maximum impact and to reward them proportionately.