22 years of Gold Leaf: an interview with Linda Bennett

An interview with Linda Bennett, conducted by Frances Pinter Frances: Gold Leaf was founded in 2001. Your current work is mainly in the area of scholarly publishing, but you’ve had a career in the wider book trade. Would you like to say something about your past? Linda: Working in scholarly publishing combines elements of allContinueContinue reading “22 years of Gold Leaf: an interview with Linda Bennett”

Frances Pinter and publishers in Ukraine: a story of civilisation triumphing over strife

Frances Pinter is a well-known publisher in the international academic publishing community. Her career took her to Central and Eastern Europe in the nineties where she worked for George Soros’ foundation. Wondering how western publishers might extend a helping hand to Ukrainian publishers now, she recently set up SUPRR (Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery).ContinueContinue reading “Frances Pinter and publishers in Ukraine: a story of civilisation triumphing over strife”

Pewter at Gold: an interview with Annika Bennett

Q: You’ve been working for Gold Leaf for almost ten years now – you’ve nearly reached your pewter anniversary! Previously you worked for several large academic publishing companies. What was it like to move from a senior role in a company where you were in charge of a team to working for yourself? A: AtContinueContinue reading “Pewter at Gold: an interview with Annika Bennett”

Opening up about Open Access: interview with Brigitte Shull

Q: What stage do you think Open Access has reached today? A: I’m so glad that it’s no longer “why” for Open Access, but “how”. A large cross-section of the publishing industry had to keep on making the case for OA and the process seemed endless. Now we can direct our energies exclusively towards buildingContinueContinue reading “Opening up about Open Access: interview with Brigitte Shull”

Advocates for Open Access!

The vital partnership between publishers and libraries in an open access landscape: new initiatives, new business models and a glimpse into the future 28 September 2023, 15.00-16.30 CET(2pm-3.30pm BST) Webinar hosted by Gold Leaf, sponsored by De Gruyter After the success of the first two De Gruyter 2023 quarterly webinars, we are proud to announceContinueContinue reading “Advocates for Open Access!”