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Summit fails to end age guidance row
10 Jul 2008
Publishers and authors have failed to find common ground over age guidance, despite a summit meeting last week which was intended to resolve the high-profile and damaging conflict.
BTBS Walkies
01 Jul 2008
Skillset blog - ... I'll be particularly sad to miss the Publishers Association/Publishers Licensing Society's loved-up check point along the route - hosted in the gardens of the PLS offices in Gower Street, in conjunction with Mills & Boon.
Cairo International Book Fair 2009
28 Jun 2008
Infibeam Automobile & Mobile Industry News - The British Council, Cairo has accepted an invitation from the General Egyptian Book Organisation (GEBO) for the UK to be Guest of Honour at the 2009 Cairo International Book Fair. They are working with the London Book Fair, The Publishers Association, Independent Publishers Guild and other organisations...
Chinese Copyright Authorities Move to Stop Pirated Textbooks
25 Jun 2008
Publishers Weekly, 6/25/2008 - The Zhejiang Provincial Copyright Bureau is cracking down on the reproduction and sale of pirated books in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, an encouraging sign for Western publishers who have long complained about Chinese book piracy...
Quoting and Copyright Law
24 Jun 2008
How Publishing Really Works blog, 24th June 2008 - In its Quick Guide to Permissions, The Society of Authors states that "you need permission to quote from works that are in copyright".
Librarians' lives made easier, reports the Times Higher
20 Jun 2008
The Times Higher Education reports this morning on a new initiative by JISC TechDis, in collaboration with the Publishers Association...
Supporting diversity and equality through improved access
19 Jun 2008
JISC - Groundbreaking work will provide support for delivery of resources to disabled students and staff
Age guidance on books will help buyers - and improve sales
13 Jun 2008
Adults unfamiliar with children's literature tell us they'd welcome a guide to content, says Simon Juden
Guidelines to clarify vexed copyright issues
05 Jun 2008
Information World Review - New guidelines on the use of copyright have appeared from the British Academy and the Publishers Association
Free phonics hit publishers' sales
22 May 2008
The Bookseller - The government's free phonics programme Letters and Sounds has had a "severe effect" on sales of phonics programmes into schools....