In “The Wild Silence,” a sequel to her best-selling memoir “The Salt Path,” the British author contends with the illness and death of loved ones but finds solace outdoors. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
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Springer Nature has said the current Plan S requirement for publishers to commit to 'flip' hybrid journals to Open Access is "unnecessary, and...unacceptable for us and for many other publishers." Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It is the dawn of 2019, and the week’s exhibitions offer an opportunity to revel in the mythological or unload your sins. From painting to K-pop to the female body rendered as doll, here are nine exhibitions and events to check out in the coming week. Trenton Doyle Hancock, “An Ingenue’s Hues and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt Books, Waterstones and Foyles are raising money for The Passage, a charity that supports people who are homeless, by selling a book of short stories by AS Byatt, Lennie James and Michael Morpurgo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Forestry Commission has launched a competition to “diversify” nature writing, as part of its 2019 centenary celebrations, with two paid writing residencies up for grabs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Astrophysicist Mirjana Pović and the Association of Hungarian Women in Science have won the first ever Nature Research Awards, for Inspiring Science and for Innovating Science respectively. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Drama Book Shop, known for its exhaustive collection of plays and books on theater and as hallowed ground for the Broadway set, will shutter its store at 250 W. 40th St. early next year. Its... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Economic pressures and social media are forcing the media to think twice about upsetting readersBy the time the 130,000 regular readers of the New York Review of Books picked up their new copy of the literary journal last week, the cover story had already cost the editor Ian Buruma his job. In a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chinese institutions are leading the world in rapid growth of high-quality research outputs, the newly published Nature Index 2018 Rising Stars supplement has found. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Springer Nature, one of the leading international research publishers, is home to trusted brands including Springer, Nature Research, BioMed Central, Palgrave Macmillan and 'Scientific American.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A bumper anthology of nature poems, backed by the National Trust, was the dream brief for an illustrator whose portfolio was already filled with impressive work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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And with that, the Honeyman is over. Peter James’ Dead If You Don’t has ended Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine’s record run in the Weekly E-Ranking number one spot, becoming the first new number one in the ebook chart since the second week of February. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Academics share machine-learning research freely. Taxpayers should not have to pay twice to read our findingsBudding authors face a minefield when it comes to publishing their work. For a large fee, as much as $3,000, they can make their work available to anyone who wants to read it. Or they can... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prosperity that some in the Russian book industry thought was rising this year may be headed in the other direction, if the expected rise in book VAT becomes a reality. The post Russian Publishers Warn of Lost Profits Amid a Newly Announced VAT Hike appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The recent critical acclaim enjoyed by illustrator and writer Jackie Morris as a consequence of The Lost Words, her collaboration with Robert Macfarlane, has helped draw attention to a 25-year career of book artistry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The planned initial public offering of publisher Springer Nature has been postponed on the eve that trading in shares was expected to begin "due to market conditions". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Holtzbrinck Publishing Group has doubled its share order in the planned initial public offering of Springer Nature, from €100m to €200m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dr Magdalena Skipper, currently editor-in-chief at Nature Communications, has been given the editor-in-chief role at flagship journal Nature, becoming its first woman editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Academic houses Taylor & Francis and Cambridge University Press have joined a pilot project on using blockchain technology for peer review, announced by publisher Springer Nature and start-up Katalysis last month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three academic publishers – Springer Nature, Cambridge University Press and Thieme – have reached an agreement with ResearchGate to work together on the sharing of articles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher Springer Nature has confirmed it intends to list its shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, targeting funds of approximately €1.2bn to strengthen its financial profile. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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