A publishing career
James Davidson's vision is to help authors build their profiles and leverage their intellectual capital into their own small (micromedia) enterprise to benefit our world through ground-up disruption.
Recognising the empowering capacities of design thinking, knowledge engineering and intelligent networks, James wishes to help authors in any field achieve the most appropriate publishing outcome for their professional and personal objectives.
In particular, James helps post-graduate students with their publishing strategy and action plan (with independent coaching in the design, preparation, journal selection, submission, peer review and revision process) for publication of their research outcomes.
James has worked in senior editorial, sales, marketing, acquisition, publishing and regional director positions from 1976 with Elsevier (Amsterdam), AMPCo (Medical Journal of Australia), Butterworths (Reed LexisNexis), McGraw-Hill, HarperCollins, Pearson (FT Law & Tax), Thomson Reuters and Sage Publications (Sydney). In early 2000, recognising an exponential migration of content to global database publishing, James registered eContent Management P/L (Scholarly Publishing for the Professions). Designed to serve the peer-reviewed journal publishing needs of scholarly and professional societies in Australia and New Zealand, when many were considering closing their research journals, the company stable grew from 1 to 11 scientific journals between 2002 and 2007, consolidated, then formed an alliance with PostPressed as its book distributor. In early 2015, James transferred his company's eleven health and social science research journals* and Verdant House book list to the UK Informa Group (Routledge/ Taylor & Francis).
With degrees in molecular biology and ecology, informatics, and science and society, James established Your Publishing Profile under eContent Management's auspices in early 2018 to serve authors at any stage of the publishing process. James is executive director of the Life Artistry Centre and currently serves in an honorary capacity as Treasurer of the CG Jung Society of Melbourne Inc (est. 1962) and co-Treasurer of the Victorian Greens’ Nillumbik Branch.
eContent Management founder James Davidson and Innovation Centre CEO Mark Paddenburg reflect on eContent's time at the IC following the successful sale of of his online scholarly publishing business in 2015. Produced by Innovate Media.
*Journals: Contemporary Nurse; Health Sociology Review (TASA); Rural Society; Journal of Family Studies; Advances in Mental Health; Journal of Management & Organization (ANZAM); Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice; Small Enterprise Research (SEAANZ); International Journal of Training Research (AVETRA); International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches; International Journal of Pedagogies & Learning (ISPL). Book Series: Contesting Colonialism (PostPressed); Indigenous Research (PostPressed).
Education
MSciSoc, University of NSW – History & Philosophy of Science (Thesis: Necessary conditions, nodes and linkages for technology transfer and diffusion)
Grad Dip Informatics, NOVI Amsterdam (in Dutch)
MA Qual – Flinders University – Philosophy
BSc – University of Adelaide – Molecular Biology & Ecology
Commonwealth Advanced Education Scholarship – St Peter's College, Adelaide
Report, Grants, Award
Digital Work Hubs: An Activation Framework for South East Queensland (Regional Development Australia, Sunshine Coast, 2013; co-authored with Bronwyn Buksh)
Industry Development Scheme Grants to design and implement online peer review and manuscript tracking systems (QIDS, 2004, 2006)
Finalist in The Premier's Export Awards (QLD, 2003)
Activities & Affiliations
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA)
Adjunct Fellow, Faculty of Arts & Business, and Innovation Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Australia
Executive Director, Life Artistry Centre – Melbourne. Australia
Principal, Your Publishing Profile – Melbourne, Australia
Hon. Treasurer, C G Jung Society Melbourne Inc. (est 1962), Melbourne
Co-Treasurer, Victorian Greens, Nillumbik Branch
Previous: FAMS, AFAIM, MAICD, MAHRI, MCAL. Boards (other): Australian Publishers Association – Scholarly Journals Committee, Maleny & District Credit Union (Chair, 2006), International Society for Pedagogies & Learning, Barung Landcare Association, Hinterland Business Centre, InPlayers International Theatre Amsterdam.
Lectures
IT as Innovation Driver: a publishing industry case study (1976 – 2016) (SCU, 2014)
Cross-cultural management: root and branch in the international publishing industry (2013)
Leveraging your PhD: article, impact factor & journal selection strategy (2012)
The Author in an Electronic Age (Australian Society of Authors, 1993)
Role of Marketing in Publishing (Macquarie University, 1992)
Economics of Tertiary Publishing (Australian Publishers Association, 1991)
Introduction to SGML (Butterworths, 1990).
Removing risk to entry: Intellectual Property regulation and the Double Tax Agreement (Beijing, Shanghai, May 1989)
Transfer our knowledge, build our brand (International Tax Publishing Conference, Butterworths, 1988)
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