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Publishers: play your part in shaping future skills

By Suzanne Kavanagh, on September 8th, 2010%

 

You may have heard that Skillset is running a skills and training needs survey for people working in the creative media industries.

Common knowledge for many of you I know, but this is the first time Publishing has been included in Skillset’s formal research programme.

As the Publishing Sector Manager (and being a bit of a swot) I’m keen . . . → Read More: Publishers: play your part in shaping future skills

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UK Publishing Equalities Charter: have your say

By Suzanne Kavanagh, on May 13th, 2010%

On Tuesday 20 April 2010, version II of the draft UK Publishing Equalities Charter was launched at London Book Fair by industry speakers including Simon Juden (Publishers Association), Bridget Shine (Independent Publishers Guild), Viv Bird (Booktrust), Shreela Ghosh (Freeword) and Jacob Sam La Rose (Flipped Eye Publishing).

The launch provided an excellent opportunity for those in the . . . → Read More: UK Publishing Equalities Charter: have your say

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A Man Booker / Kindle Bonanza for Publishing

By Suzanne Kavanagh, on October 9th, 2009%

 

It’s been an exciting few days in the book publishing world.

First up, the announcement that the Man Booker Prize winner – the top literary prize awarded in the UK – was Hilary Mantel, for her historical novel Wolf Hall. The Bookseller on Wednesday reported a total of 22,000 copies sold of the hardback since the shortlist . . . → Read More: A Man Booker / Kindle Bonanza for Publishing

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The book is dead: long live the e-book?

By Suzanne Kavanagh, on May 16th, 2008%

There’s nothing like e-books to get a publishing debate going.

For those not in the know, e-books were hailed in the last millenium as the future of digital publishing… and yet this “revolution” never materialised. Why? For several reasons. From the lack of a satisfactory device with which to read them, to functionality that didn’t wholly fulfill reader demands.

The buzz . . . → Read More: The book is dead: long live the e-book?

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