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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 Join in face to face discussions on the overhaul of journalism occupational standards. January meetings to be held in Belfast, Cardiff, Glasgow, London and Manchester. . . . → Read More: Face to face chat on the Journalism occupational standards
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 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? Big news today, if you like to compare media storage capabilities – Toshiba has announced that it is to halt production of HD-DVD’s leaving Sony’s Blu-Ray discs the whole of the market to play in. I don’t think this is massive news for the games industry, as it has been typified for many years as a space . . . → Read More: HD-DVD Cancelled. Format Wars called off… |
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