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9 December 2011
Intelligent Editing announces the launch of the latest edition of editing software PerfectIt...
New generation of technology puts editors back to work – full story
25 October 2011
Training budgets may be tight, so if you're not receiving all the training you'd hoped for this year, it's important to get the most out of what you are getting. Here's the first in a series of tips to help you do just that...
Top ten tips for making the most of training #1 – full story
12 October 2011
The Académie Française reaches out to the world at large, but could France's linguistic guardian actually be stifling the influence of the French language?...
6 October 2011
Forget Frankfurt. There's another 'F' that's home to an important literary event this autumn. Tucked away in the bottom right-hand corner of this green and pleasant land, the eclectic and occasionally beautiful seaside town of Folkestone plays host to the Folkestone Book Festival. Running from the 4th to the 12th of November, it boasts an impressive range of entertainment, workshops and speakers....
4 October 2011
Because they remind me of something. And that thing is the classic 1980s Filofax. Those bulky uber-diaries that everyone was carrying around (and not quite knowing where to put) for a couple of years. Technology took over, of course – mobile phones can now do just about everything the Filofax did. But at the time, you did get the impression that half the time these things were getting lugge...
31 August 2011
There's something about bookshops. Something about the atmosphere - even that new book smell - that gives many people a little surge of excitement the minute they walk into one. I've always loved that feeling, and I especially used to love visiting the big London shops, which seemed so full of so many possibilities - each title on each of the hundreds of shelves carrying the potential to deliver ...
31 August 2011
It's seemed for some time that the publishing world has been fighting against the tide somewhat. And making ebooks in discrete downloadable packages that can be read only by certain applications and/or devices is starting to look distinctly old-fashioned. As everyone else has been enthusiastically embracing cloud computing, some areas of publishing have been walking obstinately in the opposite dir...
The end in sight for standalone downloadable books? – full story
30 August 2011
Sometimes editors face their toughest challenges when dealing with the shortest passages of text. I'm often struck by the double meanings that crop up in the news media, and I can't help wondering if it's accidental or if sub-editors out there are just having tremendous fun. ...
Misunderstanding English - headlines with multiple meanings – full story
29 July 2011
While it remains incredibly hard for new authors to get published, the internet and a flourishing self-publishing industry have at least enabled hitherto unpublished authors to get out there. Is all that about to change?...
27 July 2011
Do we need to download books in a special epublishing format when we could just read them online in a browser?...
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