Following the advent of digital publishing at the start of the millennium, one of the key arguments to encourage the switch from print was ecological. Digital enthusiasts were quick to claim that using less paper and shipping fewer print books would help to save the environment. Maintaining sustainability in the publishing sector is, however, muchContinueContinue reading “Sustainability I – FSC certification”
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QuoScript – “Whither Writing” – is launched
Linda Bennett describes QuoScript, a new publishing venture QuoScript is a new publishing venture set up by myself and a group of colleagues who together have many years’ experience of working in different roles within the publishing industry. We are primarily driven by the desire to give new authors a chance. Many publishing companies haveContinueContinue reading “QuoScript – “Whither Writing” – is launched”
Enable! – A new platform for Open Access Books in the Humanities and Social Sciences
The German “Projekt DEAL” initiative has gained worldwide attention; for several years, the “Alliance of German Science Organizations”, which effectively represents all universities and research institutions in Germany, has been negotiating ground-breaking Open Access agreements with large journals publishers, most notably Wiley and Springer Nature. These deals apply mainly to large quantities of journals; institutions have beenContinueContinue reading “Enable! – A new platform for Open Access Books in the Humanities and Social Sciences”
Is the British education system racially prejudiced?
This is a delicate topic, but as it’s so much in the news at the moment, we thought we ought not to ignore it. There is, of course, a mountain of statistics to support the assertion that our education system is stacked against people from BAME communities, but also other evidence to illustrate that blackContinueContinue reading “Is the British education system racially prejudiced?”
Don’t Tax Reading: the case against VAT on knowledge
The removal of VAT from electronic publications earlier this year was the triumphant culmination of a vigorous campaign that had been led by publishers, booksellers, writers, librarians, teachers and readers over many decades to protest against taxation on knowledge. Originally it was started to save print books from tax: after VAT was introduced to theContinueContinue reading “Don’t Tax Reading: the case against VAT on knowledge”
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