Institutions shifting away from big tech
This morning, Kathleen Fitzpatrick drew my attention to a Mastodon post by Babette Knauer about plans for the University of Groningen to get away from Big Te...
Read Article →Literature • Publishing • Technology
Martin Paul Eve
Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing at Birkbeck, University of London.
Technical Lead for Knowledge Commons at Michigan State University.
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Areas of Focus
Bridging the gap between computational technology and literary studies.
Open Access
Researching, advocating for, and building open-access publishing models and technology in the humanities.
Digital Humanities
Developing computational tools for the analysis of literature.
Contemporary Fiction & Culture
Researching contemporary American fiction.
It's been ten years...
Ten years ago, I had a bad cold. This was not unusual as I have hypogammaglobulinemia (which means an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the b...
Read Article →Some example academic book proposal forms in case they help
A pivotal moment in my academic career, or at least one I remember clearly, was when a very senior professor in the US sent me his book proposal for an acade...
Read Article →WordPress loading theme assets of a different theme to that selected
Today’s tech anomaly was odd. I’m working on a new WordPress theme and obviously WordPress has to load its assets like the CSS file and the JavaScript file. ...
Read Article →In conversation with Matthew G. Kirschenbaum
The inaugural SHARPIES, a global book history festival celebrating work in book history from around the world, will take place from July 7–9, 2026 (although ...
Read Article →Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
How much time do you spend performing various activities? In 2022, I spent 506 hours answering email, or 63 full work-day’s worth of time. At that point, my ...
Read Article →Latest Book
Theses on the Metaphors of Digital-Textual History
An exploration of how digital technologies are reshaping the way we write, publish, and read in the 21st century. This book argues for a radical rethinking of scholarly communication.