It's 2050. Somehow we haven't joined the dinosaurs in extinction, succumbed to the Secret Society of Super Villains, or been raptured up to the clouds. And the robots are friendly, not evil. Futurologist and environmentalist Sir Jonathan Porritt's The World We Made: Alex McKay's Story from 2050, published this week by Phaidon, imagines in full color what the future will look like if humanity gets with the eco program. Absent here is the dire forecasting of Orwell's 1984 or the mystical monolith of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Porritt presents a future that's rosy without being far–fetched, where every house is water–efficient and we're all BFFs with our robots. The book is framed as the parting gift of a retiring history professor, Alex McKay, telling his students "how we got the world back from the brink of collapse to where we are now in 2050." "It's definitely not science fiction," Porritt tells Co.Design. "Everything in this book is either already in existence or in development today, or has been flagged up by a designer as a possibility for the near future." Porritt would know––he founded Forum for the Future and acts as a sustainability adviser for the Prince of Wales and companies like Nike and PepsiCo. He spent years on this book working with teams of designers, from urban planners to architects to genetic engineers, and the results are astounding.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With a major Canadian textbook publisher citing a drop from $1 million annually to $100,000, Canada's review of copyright changes may be welcome next year. The post More Copyright Fallout: Canadian Textbook Publishing Called ‘Not Sustainable’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a presentation to investors Thursday morning, company execs unveiled the new cafes that will be the centerpiece of its new concept stores, discussed plan to grow store and online sales, and strategy to continue to shrink Nook losses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a statement, America’s booksellers, publishers, and librarians expressed admiration for Lam Wing-kee and his defense of the right of the Chinese people to read the books they want. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former UFC champion Ronda Rousey has won Cross Sports Book of the Year, following her Cross International Autobiography of the Year win. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paula Hawkins took back the number one spot from David Walliams, a book/DVD deal propelled The Revenant close to the summit and vlogger Zoella showed why she just may be the new Richard & Judy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan's graphic novel imprint has published 160 titles to date, including the Gene Luen Yang's National Book Award finalist, 'American Born Chinese.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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L S Hilton, the author of Bonnier Zaffre lead title Maestra, has been named Glamour magazine’s 2016 Writer of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Branded content camouflages what companies have been trying to do since time immemorial: Sell you stuff. Here's a better idea.As digital media blunts the impact of advertising, brands are looking for new ways to lure consumers. The latest, buzziest effort has been to publish stories that look... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2016-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher to boost American presence and ‘devolve’ power from London baseThe Independent is to ramp up its presence in the US as it becomes the latest news publisher to look across the Atlantic to drive revenue and readership. After the publisher imposed brutal staff cuts following the closure... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Global publishing right now is a dance between the scalable and the bespoke,' says HarperCollins' Kerry Saretsky ahead of her appearance at the June 13 Rights and Content conference in New York City. The post Strategy on a ‘Glocal’ Scale: A Few Words with Kerry Saretsky appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline Publishing Group is planning a "bumper year" for Neil Gaiman with eight titles publishing in 2016, plus a live broadcast event scheduled in London for the publication of The View from the Cheap Seats. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thiel acknowledged that he secretly bankrolled lawsuits against the gossip-tinged company and its journalists in order to put the publisher out of businessIt may be a post-ink age, but a Silicon Valley billionaire’s legal campaign against Gawker Media is about to offer a modern test of the old... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Fry is supporting libraries by appearing in a new poster campaign from the Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals (CILIP). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder and Stoughton has acquired four new novels by Julian Stockwin featuring his Napoleonic-era naval hero, Thomas Kydd. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leading publishing figures, including Waterstones m.d James Daunt, chair of Penguin Random House UK Gail Rebuck, author Philip Pullman and poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, have signed a letter to say they believe leaving the European Union would "severely weaken" the UK's creative industries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carnegie Medal and YA Book Prize-shortlisted author Sarah Crossan has won the 26th CBI Book of the Year Award - making her the fourth author ever to win both the Book of the Year Award and the Children’s Choice award with her title One (Bloomsbury Childrens). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tribune Publishing, infused with a $70.5 million investment from billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, rejected Gannett's latest takeover offer, escalating the battle between the newspaper publishers.Gannett's revised proposal is "clearly inadequate" to control the owner of the Los Angeles Times and... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For magazine publishers looking to recoup lost print dollars, live events are becoming increasingly important as independent revenue streams. Over the past several years, titles like Cosmopolitan, Sports Illustrated and Essence (to name a few) have joined live event veterans like The Atlantic... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Germany's publishing industry reels from a Supreme Court ruling on copyright levies that could plunge some houses into bankruptcy, legal counsel to the Börsenverein tells us that a Constitutional Court challenge will be attempted. The post Dr. Jessica Sänger: Germany’s Börsenverein Will Back... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How might Web technology change the publishing industry? Ask the inventor of the World Wide Web. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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