Yale latest to buy Wikileaks title

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 28/02/2011 - 15:41 Yale University Press has bought UK rights to a title exploring the WikiLeaks controversy and its repercussions, and will be pushing to publish in March. Politics, economics and current affairs editor Phoebe Clapham bought the rights to WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency by Micah L Sifry from OR Books publisher and co-founder John Oakes. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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