The UK’s Daily Mail reports that Oxford University Press has banned sausages and pigs from children’s books in an attempt “to avoid offense.”
Editors on Making That First Acquisition
Editors from Algonquin Books, Oxford University Press and Dalkey Archive discuss the first books they acquired, in an interview with Matt Seidel for The Millions.
Oxford University Press Sanctioned by World Bank for Corrupt Practices
Two African OUP subsidiaries have been blacklisted from bidding on World Bank contracts for the next three years.
OUP’s David Bowers Previews Today’s International Rights Directors Meeting
OUP’s David Bowers discusses some of the main issues at the International Rights Directors Meeting, including Brazil, apps, and technology.
The Future of Publishing is “Anywhere, Anytime, Anyhow”
By Daniel Kalder NEW YORK: Founded seven years ago, MarkLogic is the maker of a database for “unstructured data” — which these days consists of 80% of the information on the Internet, including documents, emails, social media posts, tweets, pictures, video, blogs, and research data. Currently growing at an exponential rate, managing this type of information can be time-intensive and …
Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu…Who Knew?: Words Without Borders’ Surprise Hit
By Chip Rossetti Last fall marked the release of Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East, an anthology of modern Middle Eastern literature in translation that has had a surprising success in the American market. Tablet & Pen represents a fruitful collaboration between the literature-in-translation online magazine Words Without Borders and anthology editor Reza Aslan, author of …
Richard Nash Q&A: Sneak Peak at Redlemonade, Discusses Reading, Personal History
By Chris Kubica Last week, I asked my colleague, Richard Nash, founder of Cursor — a “Publishing 3.0” startup based in Brooklyn, New York, publishing consultant, and former editor and chief of Soft Skull Press — if I could have a public conversation with him about himself, his work and reading habits, all things publishing, and about Cursor. Graciously, Richard …
How Can New Niche Micropublishers Compete with Large Established Publishers?
By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead story Eoin Purcell discusses launching “The Irish Story” — an online community focused on Irish History — and its first publication, John Dorney’s The Story of the Easter Rising 1916. One of the things Purcell is doing is competing with the large, established publishers — such as Penguin Ireland and Oxford University Press — who …
Oxford English Dictionary May Go Online Only
By Hannah Johnson The Associated Press reports that Oxford University Press (OUP) might published the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED3) online only, skipping the 20-volume print edition. The publisher released a statement saying, “At present we are experiencing increasing demand for the online product… However, a print version will certainly be considered if there is sufficient demand …
Oxford’s AIA Guide to New York City Makes Me Glad to Be a New Yorker
By Erin L. Cox Last night, I attended a delightful event at The Queens Museum of Art in honor of Oxford University Press’ new edition of the AIA Guide to New York City. If you have never seen an AIA guide, they are a truly impressive record of all of New York City’s architectural offerings….and I mean ALL. In all …