He has lived in four countries, and he worked for the British press in the heydays of Robert Maxwell’s newspaper empire. He was a founder of the iconic digital publishing house, Cool Publications pushing for the promotion of new authors’ work, a revolutionizing of the established publishing model and a democratization of the traditional publishing monopoly. He championed the no-DRM (Digital Rights Management) movement and was a vocal supporter of increased interactivity and seamless multi-media embedding in digital downloads.