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Chinese Institute of Publishing Science
On 6 November 2007 Angus Phillips, Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, was given the award of Honorary Researcher by the Chinese Institute of Publishing Science. He was presented with the award in Beijing by Xin Guangwei, Vice President of the Institute. On his visit to China, Angus met a number of Oxford Brookes alumni and spoke at the United Bible Societies Book Fair in Hong Kong.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 23 Nov 2007 around 2pm
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Master’s Degrees in Publishing Brochure
A new brochure for the Master’s Degrees in Publishing has been publishedThe brochure covers all of the Masters courses in Publishing:
- MA in Publishing
- MA in International Publishing
- MA in Publishing and Language
- MA in Digital Publishing
- European Master in Publishing
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Frankfurt Book Fair visit 2007
Students from the MA Publishing courses at Oxford Brookes University visited the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2007. At the Fair they had meetings with a range of publishers large and small, including Random House, Orion, Usborne, A&C Black, Pearson Education, Infinite Ideas, Playbac, New Internationalist and Guardian Books. They also visited the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz.
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Marketing Literature published
Claire Squires, Senior Lecturer in the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, has published a new book.Marketing Literature: The Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain is a study of the publishing of contemporary writing in Britain. It analyses the changing social, economic and cultural environment of the publishing industry in the 1990s-2000s, and investigates its impact on genre, format, packaging, authorship and reading. It includes case studies of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, Louis de Bernières's Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things and David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, and significantly extends our understanding of the circulation of literary fiction in a period of notable change.
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Ebooks on the BBC
Angus Phillips, Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, was interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford on Tuesday 16 October. He talked to Danny Cox about ebooks and the future of the book. The discussion covered the new ebook readers coming on to the market and the reasons for the continuing popularity of the printed book
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Publishing finance – an introduction – 23 October 2007
Are the basics of publishing finance core to your job? Would a greater understanding of finance make your life simpler?Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05 Oct 2007 around 10am
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Publications for a Healthier World
Yue Min, one of the MA in Publishing students at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, has been in Geneva this summer undertaking an internship at the World Health Organisation. This is what she reports:
‘Everyone will be impressed and inspired by the WHO (World Health Organization) emblem at the first sight. So was I. I've been lucky to get the chance to do an internship in WHO Press this summer. What a beautiful thing to enjoy the fresh air and peaceful scenery in the green land of the UN area in Geneva every morning!
‘Publications for a healthier world - it's not only the mission of WHO Press but also the duty of WHO Press. As a world leading international health agency, World Health Organization works closely with the ministries of health of the Organization's 193 member states in all parts of the world. World Health Organization Press is a non-profit publisher which covers a wide range of health issues through its many projects and programs.
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Publishing Summer Internship at the International Labour Office
In the second of our reports from MA in Publishing students on international internships, we hear from Helen Habernickel, who has been working at the International Labour Office in Geneva.'While I was at home in Germany regaining some strength after the New Product Development presentations - and of course the PG Pubbers' summer party, I got a phone call from Geneva. My soon-to-be supervisor Lauren informed me that I got the placement and that I could start at the ILO in June!
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Publishing News Issue 2
The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies have issued their second print newsletter for Summer 2007. This is available as a PDF from here.Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 02 Aug 2007 around 7am
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Publishing Summer Internship at the World Bank
This summer, Kay Peddle, one of the MA in Publishing students at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, is undertaking an internship at the World Bank in Washington.This prestigious internship is one of a range of opportunities for the students in the postgraduate publishing programmes at Oxford Brookes. This is what Kay has to say about her experience:
"The World Bank's mission is to reduce global poverty. The Office of the Publisher is just one of the many teams within the organisation that support this mission. The World Bank is a not-for-profit publisher and as a result the 'language' you speak and hear in the halls of this office is very different to what you can expect in any other commercial publishing house. People speak in acronyms here ‘In EXTOP you'll have to use CPJ and ACS for the GFD campaign - and make sure you get the client to agree to it...' It takes a while to get your head around it! They are mission-driven, not profit-driven and their ultimate goal is to see the Bank's wealth of information get into the hands of the people who need it most. One of the strategies to ensure this happens is a country-specific discount policy for distributors, i.e. low income countries get a substantial discount and free shipping.
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