The Man Booker International Prize 2011
Worth £60,000 to the winner, the prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language. Read More...
April 23: World Book and Copyright Day
By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. Read More...
Beyrouth : « Capitale mondiale du livre 2009 »
Le Directeur général a annoncé aujourd’hui la nomination de la ville de Beyrouth Capitale mondiale du livre pour l’année 2009. Read More...
Antiquarian news now only electronic
Since January, the e-mail newsletter "Fine Books Notes" has replaced the US antiquarian magazine "Fine Books & Collections". The newsletter is free of charge and is published monthly. The British antiquarian magazine "Rare Book Review" which has been on the market since 1974, is also abandoning its print edition and is now only available online.
finebooksmagazine.com
www.rarebookreview.com
Signpost through the research jungle
Springer Science + Business Media has launched a freely accessible website designed to provide information on which research institutions are working in which areas of science.
www.AuthorMapper.com
New platform for the industry
Batchconnect.com is a website which aims to bring booksellers, publishing companies and authors in the UK into direct contact with one another. It is provided by the Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland.
www.batchconnect.com
Books for the visually impaired
Australian online bookseller ReadHowYouWant has launched a special initiative for the visually impaired. English titles can be accessed in Braille and the e-book and audio format DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System), which uses MP3 data.
www.readhowyouwant.com/braille
États généraux sur le multilinguisme
Lors de ces « États généraux sur le multilinguisme », ce sont 17 langues qui ont résonné dans le grand amphithéâtre de la Sorbonne, lieu qui a acquis, dès sa création, un prestige international. Read More...
The future of publishing in India – a view from across the Atlantic
Trying to understand and work out the Indian book market is a huge challenge, one taken on by our guest author Chad Post. Successfully, as we find out. Read More...
Link tip: Website to combat illiteracy
Internet
Together with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and the Frankfurt Book Fair Literacy Campaign (LitCam), Google has founded an Internet platform to help fight illiteracy around the world. In order to reach as many people as possible, all information is available in German, English and Spanish.
Links - www.google.com/literacy/
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