Pan Mac pledges £50k to help save Creative Access

Pan Macmillan has pledged £50,000 to Creative Access and undertaken to double its intake of fully funded Creative Access interns in a bid to help the agency continue its work to increase diversity in the creative industries. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Saving Mr. Banks' trailer explores how 'Mary Poppins' was adapted for the big screen (+video)

'Saving Mr. Banks' stars Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Emma Thompson as 'Poppins' author P.L. Travers in the story of how the children's book became a Disney film. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Libraries in Exile' fights to save priceless manuscripts in Mali

The coalition of librarians, archivists, and historians is using the crowdfunding site IndieGoGo to try to raise money to save the historic papers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Commons to debate future of creative industries

Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has called a debate on the future of the arts and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs deal for Creative Freedom

Canongate has acquired world rights in Creative Freedom, a book by artist, writer and documentary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WoodWing Announces New Version of its Productivity Plug-In Smart Styles, Offering New Features and Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) Compatibility

The upcoming version of WoodWing&acute;s productivity plug-in Smart Styles will offer a variety of new features, further improving the productivity in print and digital publishing. The upgrade also provides compatibility withInDesign CC ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries to debate open access

The implications of Open Access for libraries will be debated in Westminster at an event hosted... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors draw up 'manifesto' to save Venice's bookshops

Authors have called on the Venice Biennale to "mobilise intelligence and artistic talent... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Erotica will save us all

Thanks to a certain middle-aged former TV producer called Erika James and a little publishing phenomenon called Fifty Shades of Grey, erotica seems to have not so much crept its way into the mainstream, as landed with noisy squawks and a puff of feathers on the bestseller charts. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors campaign to save Venice's bookshops

British novelist Michelle Lovric and Strega Prize-winner Tiziano Scarpa are among a large group... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Goodreads pledges to remain 'independent entity'

Book recommendation website Goodreads has pledged to remain an "independent entity",... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Government Intervention Save Bookstores? Maybe in France

In France, the government will add €5 million in funding to help indie bookstores in the form of tax breaks, interest-free loans and stronger enforcement of fixed price laws. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Access 'may hit history'

Richard Fisher, m.d. of academic publishing for Cambridge University Press, has warned that Open... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exploring Accessible Publishing for the Print Disabled

Less than 5% of all published books are available in an accessible format. Several organizations, notably Bookshare, are working to change that woeful statistic. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three lives saved by a children's book

Three boys who were camping in Queensland, Australia, escaped from quicksand using information gained in a book. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Save the Trees: Print Books on Straw Rather than Paper

Yann Martel and Alice Munro are working with Canopy, an environmental charity, to highlight forest-saving Second Harvest paper made from straw rather than trees. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley looks to make $80m annual savings

Wiley will endeavour to make $80m in annual cost savings going forward as part of an ongoing bid... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saving and Translating Timbuktu’s Ancient Libraries

A secret operation saved hundreds of thousands of Muslim manuscripts in Tumbuktu's ancient libraries from destruction by militants. Now they are being translated and published. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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