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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 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 Still looking for a job, and the Interactive Media, Computer Games and Animation Adminstrator role didn’t tickle your fancy? Have you considered applying for the Publishing Co-ordinator vacancy that we now have? As regular readers will realise, I’m the new kid on the block. Publishing came into Skillset’s remit at the beginning of April and we are . . . → Read More: More on the jobs front… Publishing Sector Co-ordinator 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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