Industry Notes: Tickets to the hybrid Emirates Festival of Literature, and grant applications open at the Access Copyright Foundation.
UK: The Society of Authors Opens 2021 Grant Applications
As the coronavirus intensity triggers a new and severe level of lockdown in the UK, the Society of Authors opens grant applications.
Canada’s Access Copyright Foundation Announces New Grants
This year’s Professional Development Grants program has made allowances for applicant’s plans upended in the coronavirus COVID-19 emergency.
Canada’s Access Copyright Foundation Announces Marian Hebb Research Grants
The Marian Hebb Research Grants support ‘the creation of a publishable work’ in French and English Canada, and allows for extended project timelines in the pandemic
Coronavirus: France’s Scientific Publishers Mobilize; Canada’s Access Copyright Funds Authors
French publishers working in the scientific and scholarly journal sector are responding to ministry calls for open content, as Canada’s copyright agency makes another donation to authors losing income in the pandemic.
Attracting Publishing Programming Talent on the Cheap
Jennifer 8 Lee needed programming help to launch her publishing startup Plympton, but she didn’t have the cash. So what did she do? She got creative.
Sharjah IBBY Fund Launched with 1 Million Swiss Francs
The fund, sponsored by the Sharjah government, implement reading projects for children living in Central Asia, and North Africa.
Is the Future of Indie Publishing in Mexico Digital?
Mexico has more than 100 indies struggling to survive, often as literary publishers. Some embrace e-books, others balk. Could digital by their lifeline?
What Startups Can Teach Publishers
The relationships between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists and authors and publishers are more similar than you might think.
Live Nude Authors: UK’s Unbound Lets A-listers, Aspirants Pitch for Cash to Publish
UK crowdsourced book funding project Unbound has a strong publishing pedigree and has already put several A-list books under contract. Unbound LIve, a pitch slam with Kate Mosse and Tibor Fischer is being held on Sept. 12.
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