Should Australian newspapers, like Fairfax, publish opinion pieces that deny or seek to cast doubt on man-made global warming?Should Fairfax — or other media publishers — give a platform for climate change denialist opinion pieces?The most recent example is Fairfax publishing a piece by John McLean, a member of the International Climate Science Coalition.In the opinion piece, McLean repeats various lines designed to create uncertainty about the recent report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and to impute a sinister motive on IPCC members of political and scientific deception.He states that the IPCC "still hasn't produced credible evidence to support that claim" that "anthropogenic emissions of CO2 were causing significant and dangerous climate change", and that reports are "modified" to better align it with the thinking of a "hard core group of IPCC supporters" and governments.McLean even brings up the discredited bogeyman of "Climategate" as evidence that a "clique of scientists has in the past sought to control the material cited by these reports."What is the International Climate Science Coalition?It's website claims that it aims to "move debate away from "implementation of costly and ineffectual 'climate control' measures" and "publicising the repercussions of misguided plans to 'solve the climate crisis'. This includes, but is not be limited to, the dangerous impacts of attempts to replace conventional energy sources with wind turbines, solar power,... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Attention, bookworms and fellow travelers! Verso, the beloved left wing publishing house and hub for radical thought, is in big financial trouble. The company’s UK distributor, Marston Book Publishing, filed for bankruptcy this July—and left behind some unsettled debts. Verso explained how those... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-25 18:14:54 UTC ]
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Publishers for Palestine, a global solidarity collective of more than 500 publishers in 50 countries, has issued an open letter to the Frankfurt Book Fair (the world’s largest trade fair for books, which this year takes place from October 16 – 20 and is expected to bring in over 200,000... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-25 16:37:53 UTC ]
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Through this new partnership, authors submitting manuscripts to Springer Nature can share code and data through Code Ocean. The post Academic Publishing: Springer Nature and Code Ocean Extend a Partnership appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-23 18:31:45 UTC ]
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Government data indicates that, in 1997, there were 91,100 traditional publishing jobs in the United States. As of last year, there were 54,822. Have those jobs moved to new parts of the industry—or vanished altogether? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The International Publishers Association will name the winner of its second Innovation in Publishing Award at its 34th congress. The post IPA Announces Its 2024 Publishing Innovation Award Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-19 19:47:02 UTC ]
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The Sobesednik publishing house in Russia suspended production at all of its outlets for up to three months, including its popular newspaper, following a decision by authorities to place the company on the list of "foreign agents," Yelena Milchanovska, a Sobesednik... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-09-19 11:51:00 UTC ]
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According to AAP's StatShot program, industry sales were up 5.6% in the first half of 2024. Sales of adult titles rose 6.7%, but sales in the children's and young adult segment fell 2.7%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Myself and Other Animals draws on an unfinished memoir and a book from a trip to Australia in 1969, and will coincide with what would have been the author’s 100th birthdayA final posthumous work of autobiography by Gerald Durrell is set to come out at the end of the year, publisher Penguin... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-09-18 14:36:23 UTC ]
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The suit accuses six major publishers of establishing a cartel through its international trade association, STM, and using the peer review process to "unlawfully divert billions of taxpayer dollars every year from science to the Publisher Defendants.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The PublisHer international network for women in the book business announces a first North American meeting for late this month. The post PublisHer Plans Its First North American Event appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-17 22:05:13 UTC ]
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News publisher Guardian Media Group says it is in talks to sell The Observer newspaper to “slow news” outlet Tortoise Media Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2024-09-17 16:30:04 UTC ]
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On Saturdays in late ’90s, my father, a taxi driver, would pool his tips for the week and take me, a child too precocious for his own good, to a local bookstore in search of my next read. Together, we silently wandered the store, picking up paperbacks and inspecting their pages. On shelves that... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-17 08:55:21 UTC ]
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Fran Greenman-Schmitz joins the the storied 50-year-old Jewish house with a singular focus: to see more proudly Jewish books in the marketplace. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Italian publishers association and six sister agencies call for an overhaul of Italy's sharply changed '18App' culture voucher. The post Italy’s Publishers Demand a Culture Voucher Relaunch appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-16 16:34:47 UTC ]
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The inaugural International Summit of Audio Publishers held September 10 in New York City drew 137 participants who discussed current market conditions, the impact of AI, and what is coming next for the booming industry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The layoffs of Gleick, associate publisher Michael McKenzie, and "other staff" constitute what Little, Brown president and publisher Sally Kim called "the final part of the Workman reorganization." The Algonquin imprint was moved into Little, Brown in July. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding “good homes for good projects” is the ongoing mission for Chang Jiang Printing Media founder and marketing director Samuel Chung. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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As both a writer and a public defender, the author’s intentions are pure and his work transformative. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Cost cuts and higher sales led to rises in profits at HarperCollins, Lagardère Publishing, and Penguin Random House in the first half of this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Jarit has been promoted from head of ACX and North America publisher partnerships to global head of publisher and partner relations at Audible, overseeing the audio company’s global acquisitions strategy through its Audiobook Creation Exchange. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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