# Michael Bhaskar

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**Michael Bhaskar** is a British writer, researcher and publisher.

His first book, *The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network*[1] (Anthem Press, 2013), is an academic exploration of the past, present and future of the [publishing](/source/Publishing) industry.

His second book *Curation: The power of selection in a world of excess*[2] (Piatkus/Little, Brown, 2016) is business-oriented non-fiction, an analysis of how to prosper when facing [information overload](/source/Information_overload).[3] It looks at how the idea of [curation](/source/Curation_(disambiguation)) moved from museums and art galleries to the Internet and business.

He collaborated with [Mustafa Suleyman](/source/Mustafa_Suleyman) to publish the book *The Coming Wave, Technology, Power and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma.* It was shortlisted for the 2023 [*Financial Times* Business Book of the Year Award](/source/Financial_Times_Business_Book_of_the_Year_Award).[4]

He is also co-founder of [Canelo](/source/Canelo_(publisher)), a digital publisher.

## References

1. Anthem Press. ["Michael Bhaskar"](http://www.anthempress.com/the-content-machine), Retrieved 2016-09-07.

1. [*Michael Bhaskar - Curation - Little, Brown Book Group*](https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349412504). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170808122055/https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780349412504) 2017-08-08 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Are we really all curators now?"](http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/07/are-we-really-all-curators-now/). 2016-07-09. Retrieved 2016-09-07.

1. ["FT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist"](https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/10/04/238701/ft-business-book-of-the-year-award-shortlist/). Books+Publishing. 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2023-10-04.

## External links

- [Michael Bhaskar Profile](https://www.hachette.co.uk/authors/detail.page?id=/xmZKEPkZXsdSD8sKn/Ms6Z4cnCMMEaRDRyvn-vWR/dr7UBeJT-zVSzMZev29s2U6phcBHWSmWQ8c/UqK/m3mIlLFA__)[dead link] at [Hachette UK](/source/Hachette_(publisher))

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