The Talent Time Bomb: can publishing learn new skills?

By Suzanne Kavanagh, on April 12th, 2011%

Tomorrow I will chair a seminar titled ‘The Talent Time Bomb: Can Publishing Learn New Media Skills?’ at the London Book Fair.

We are fortunate to be hosting a panel of four impressive speakers from across the Creative Media Industries. And the topic? To discuss whether publishers are destined to fall behind other media industries because of . . . → Read More: The Talent Time Bomb: can publishing learn new skills?

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Making Your E-books Accessible to More Users: a London Book Fair seminar #lbf11

By Suzanne Kavanagh, on April 11th, 2011%

Earls Court is buzzing. The UK publishing industry is hosting one of the largest international trade fairs. There are plenty of sessions on digital publishing (we have our own ‘Talent Time Bomb: can publishing learn new media skills’ session on Wednesday). But one session that particularly caught my eye was EDIteur’s ‘Making Your E-books Accessible to . . . → Read More: Making Your E-books Accessible to More Users: a London Book Fair seminar #lbf11

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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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