This year’s London Book Fair took place between 18th and 20th April at Olympia (still my favourite venue of the four I have experienced). Annika and I attended on the first and second days. We agreed it was one of the most enjoyable and productive LBFs we have been to for several years. It hadContinueContinue reading “London Book Fair 2023”
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A holistic approach to sustainability – Oekom Verlag
Oekom is the German “publishing house for Ecological Communication”; it was founded in 1989 and has made the topics of ecology and sustainability its focus ever since. Originally it published the journal “politische ökologie” (“political ecology”) and has built on this to become a publisher of 12 journals and approx. 70 other publications annually. TheContinueContinue reading “A holistic approach to sustainability – Oekom Verlag”
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?”
From Open Access to Open Research: a summary of developments
As the OA movement picked up momentum, there were some watershed moments in the UK: the publication of the Finch Report (2012), which – to the surprise of many – chose the Gold “author pays” model (in which the author or his or her institution pays an APC, or Article Processing Charge) over the GreenContinueContinue reading “From Open Access to Open Research: a summary of developments”
Audiobooks in Academic Publishing – Princeton University Press
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”
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