How do writers and publishers handle charged topics like climate change? Environmentalist Jamie Clarke makes a case for including more perspectives, both for the sake of book sales and the planet.
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Sector Spotlight: Three Expert Observers on Ed-Tech in the UK
Earlier this year, three education technology experts offered their views on how to succeed in education publishing and the UK’s growing ed-tech industry.
Back to The FutureBook: Audio Gets Its Own Channel at the Conference
Amid rising audiobook sales, the FutureBook Conference’s focus on the sector offered upbeat statistics and audience demographics.
Nigeria’s Bibi Bakare-Yusuf: ‘Our Brand Is Growing’
Having seen publisher Cassava Republic grow for a decade, Bibi Bakare-Yusuf is focused on getting books into the hands of readers via international partnerships.
Listening for Wider Adoption: ReadSpeaker Talks Up Text-to-Speech
Even as some in publishing seem resistant to the educational benefits of text-to-speech, proponents like ReadSpeaker say the technology is getting stronger.
Educational Publishers Confront Tech Disruption
A panel chaired by Samudra Sen, CEO of Learning Mate Solutions, discussed the lessons educational publishers can learn in using new technologies.
Podcasts for Frankfurt Book Fair’s Publishing Enthusiasts, And Beyond
Whether you’re joining us at Frankfurt Book Fair or following along from afar, there’s good listening for publishing people everywhere these days.
Serial Dilemma: Does ‘Belgravia’ Spell ‘Success’ in Book Apps?
As innovative as publishers may want to be, how do we evaluate market response to ‘Julian Fellowes’s Belgravia’ with so few apps as apt comparisons?
International Ed-Tech, Publishing, and Investment: An Emerging Accelerator
With investments from China’s Qtone and Oxford University Press, ed-tech accelerator Emerge Education is engaging with ‘the old school together with the new school.’
Big and Small, Old and New: Oxford University Press and Its Israeli Startups
‘The world of publishing has evolved one small step and then stopped,’ says a digital entrepreneur, one of three whose Israeli startup is collaborating with the venerable Oxford University Press.