In September we published a short blog post on audiobooks in order to offer a short overview of this topic. We have since had the opportunity to speak to Kim Williams, Digital and Audio Publisher at Princeton University Press, who kindly gave us an interesting insight into the world of audiobooks in academic publishing. WhenContinueContinue reading “Audiobooks in Academic Publishing – Princeton University Press”
Category Archives: Academic Publishing
Grown out of dispute: how collaboration removed frustration – and DRM!
Last month, De Gruyter announced the launch of a new initiative, called University Press Library. From early 2020, De Gruyter’s re-launched e-book platform will provide access to the digital book content of 10 American University Presses – with some of whom De Gruyter has long had distribution agreements; others have newly signed with the Germany-basedContinueContinue reading “Grown out of dispute: how collaboration removed frustration – and DRM!”
Changing sides: From Publisher to Library
In the academic publishing world, every now and again you meet librarians who have moved across to work for a publisher, or vice versa. We wondered about their motivations and experiences, so we decided to talk to some of them. Three weeks ago, we spoke to Tash Edmonds, who left her job as a librarianContinueContinue reading “Changing sides: From Publisher to Library”
Vale atque Ave, Tim!
(written by Linda Bennett of Gold Leaf) People who are old enough to remember President Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963 nearly always say they can remember where they were when they heard the news; similarly, members of a different generation remember precisely what they were doing on the day in August 1997 when Princess Diana’sContinueContinue reading “Vale atque Ave, Tim!”
How to make your publications more discoverable: tips from Lone Ramy Katberg, Special Adviser to Aalborg University Library and the Royal Danish Library
In today’s academic library world, there are scores if not hundreds of companies offering every possible kind of solution for cataloguing, displaying and making the library’s holdings discoverable. However, some of these are very expensive; and, as Lone Ramy Katberg, Special Adviser to Aalborg University Library and the Royal Danish Library points out, few willContinueContinue reading “How to make your publications more discoverable: tips from Lone Ramy Katberg, Special Adviser to Aalborg University Library and the Royal Danish Library”
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