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Books by Lucian Adamec

Four books in English: on editorial governance, on designing fair ratings, a consumer's guide to comparison sites and a book of essays on sailing and judgement.

Lucian Adamec in a bookshop
Standards That Hold: Editorial Governance for Digital Publishers and Comparison Platforms

I · In English · 75 chapters

Standards That Hold

Editorial Governance for Digital Publishers and Comparison Platforms

How a digital publisher or comparison platform builds editorial standards that survive deadlines and commercial pressure: policies, review, corrections and conflicts of interest, with templates to adapt.

Contents

  1. Foundations
  2. Building the System
  3. Hard Questions
How We Rate: Designing Fair Methodologies for Ratings, Rankings and Reviews

II · In English · 73 chapters

How We Rate

Designing Fair Methodologies for Ratings, Rankings and Reviews

What a rating really is and how to design, run and defend the fair methodology behind it, with worked examples from three sectors.

Contents

  1. What a Rating Is
  2. Designing the Methodology
  3. Running the Methodology
  4. Integrity
  5. Examples From Three Sectors
The Fair Comparison: A Consumer's Guide to Comparison Sites, Rankings and Reviews

III · In English · 78 chapters

The Fair Comparison

A Consumer's Guide to Comparison Sites, Rankings and Reviews

The other side of the screen: how comparison sites work and make money, how to judge one, how to compare in practice and what rights you have over your data.

Contents

  1. How Comparison Sites Work
  2. Judging a Comparison Site
  3. Comparing in Practice
  4. Your Data and Your Rights
  5. Thinking Clearly
  6. Inside the Industry
Tacking Into the Wind: Essays on Sailing, Judgement and the Art of Living Together

IV · In English · 82 chapters

Tacking Into the Wind

Essays on Sailing, Judgement and the Art of Living Together

Essays that start on small boats on the lakes near Bratislava and move on to freedom, judgement and how people manage to live together.

Contents

  1. Learning to Sail
  2. On Freedom
  3. On Judgement
  4. On Living Together
  5. On Home