Day: March 21, 2017

McGill-Queen's sets its sights overseas with the opening of its UK office

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McGill-Queen's sets its sights overseas with the opening of its UK office

(MQUP's overseas marketing activity is currently handled by Combined Academic Publishers, a London-based agency that represents 14 other North
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Lingo Pictures Recruits Publishing Guru Shona Martyn

Martyn was the publishing director of HarperCollins in Australia and New Zealand until December 2016, a role that encompassed local and
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Valley Bar showcases fiction writing talent among ASU students, Arizona residents

Urian Garcia, a creative writing student at ASU, reads his short fiction piece at the Spillers 7th annual event at Valley Bar in Downtown Phoenix on
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Andrew Tarlow Looks Back on a Decade of 'Diner Journal'

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Andrew Tarlow Looks Back on a Decade of 'Diner Journal'

How much of your workday is devoted to publishing this journal? It goes in cycles. It definitely will amp up around certain ideas. When we're shooting
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Does celebrity sell?

In a culture where celebrity sells I understand why publishers go down this route. The phenomenal success of David Walliams has put every publisher
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DNAinfo Chicago publisher departs

DNAinfo Chicago Publisher Par Ridder has left the hyperlocal news organization and hasn't been replaced, a spokesman for the outlet said.
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Election hampers printing of school textbooks

As of Sunday, JEMC has printed a total of 12 million textbooks while private publishers have printed 13.1 million textbooks. Every year, the JEMC fails
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Rusbridger: We need to think more like Google and Facebook

Rusbridger said the relationship between publishers and Facebook also needs a rethink – and that to pave the way for a sustainable future, publishers
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Lingo Pictures recruits publishing exec to capitalise on book to TV market

Martyn was the publishing director of HarperCollins in ANZ until late last year, a role that encompassed local and international fiction and non-fiction.
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Finding sustainable growth in OA

It's often said that change creates opportunity, and there's no doubt that open access (OA) represents a major change for scholarly publishers.
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Snapchat Finally Finds a Friend on Wall Street

One upbeat analyst thinks Snap “does the best job at aligning the incentives of publishers with that of the end users.” Illustration: Carl Court/Getty
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Why what is happening in politics today is also a business issue for publishers

This last summer and fall was a frustrating one of me. In the early summer this site launched a sister website in hopes of being able to separate the
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Assistant Editor of Arabic Literature

M.A. degree in a field related to LAL's publishing focus. … 2 years' publishing experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Princeton Fights DOE On Publishing Admission Docs

Law360, New York (March 20, 2017, 5:18 PM EDT) — Princeton University asked a D.C. federal judge on Friday to stop the U.S. Department of
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Gadget Daddy: Here are children's app publishers you can trust

Below is a list compiled by Children's Technology Review of “Twelve Children's App Publishers You Can Trust.” For decades, CTR has been my go-to
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Readers return to newspapers

“This year's Publisher Confidence Survey shows newspaper owners continue to remain positive about their industry,” said Kathy Crosett of Media
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BolognaFiere to Launch Rights-Oriented Trade Show In 2018

Franco Boni, president of BolognaFiere, said in a statement that “New York is the hub of publishing in the U.S. and is the obvious choice to hold our
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Finally, writer Azhar Sabri reveals his dream in the form of a book 'The Chronic Mansion'

After struggling for many years, the book was published by Blue Rose Publishers and was released worldwide last month. Written by a young man
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Young Novelists of Color Take On Publishing

That's my takeaway from some consistently good news coming from the world of long-form publishing, much of it driven by young makers and
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Moher and Shamseer: What researchers should do about those fake science journals

At The Ottawa Hospital's Centre for Journalology (publication science), we use the term “illegitimate publishing entities” for these journals. It's a harsh
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Scare Tactics Down Under: The Ongoing Global Effort to Mislead on Canadian Copyright

For example, at one event with many publishers in the audience, I was approached by one representative who told me she was embarrassed by what
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