Publishing Blog
Careers in 21st Century Publishing
by Joanne Butlin and Róisín Duffy
The OPUS Careers in 21st Century Publishing talk, the third annual event of its kind, allowed students and publishing professionals alike, to get a informative insight into various paths a publishing career can take. Ian Campsall, Aaron O’Dowling-Keane and Saskia Watts, all allumi of Brookes publishing courses, were the guest speakers invited to talk at Oxford Brookes on September 27th 2018.
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 21 Oct 2018 around 5pm
Rights Manager and MA Publishing Studies student attends Beijing Book Fair
by Lina Chebaro
I would like to introduce myself, my name is Lina Chebaro. Currently I’m a first-year distance learning student on the MA Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University. In addition to that I am the Copyrights Manager at Arab Scientific Publishers, Inc. (ASP).
This August, I attended Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) for the third time. Each year I have seen positive growth of the Chinese publishing sector, both in quality of and variety of publications.
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 05 Oct 2018 around 5pm
Working in Publishing Day, 2018
by Shannon Magee
Working in Publishing 2018 began with an inspirational keynote speech from Mark Allin, former CEO of Wiley. Mark shared aspects of his journey through the publishing industry, from working in sales and visiting university campuses to his experience as an entrepreneur with Capstone.
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 27 Feb 2018 around 12pm
Publishing solutions from IXXUS - Digital Lunch with Carl Robinson
by Giorgia De Micheli
On Wed 21 February 2018, Carl Robinson, Senior Consultant at Ixxus, explained how to take on some of the issues that publishers face in building their digital strategies.
At Ixxus, Carl’s focus is on helping clients look at business visions, goals and strategies around their content and tooling to enable flexibility and readiness to meet the ever-changing demands of the digital market. He has worked for Pearson Education, Macmillan Education and Oxford University Press and understands the digital issues that publishers face.
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 26 Feb 2018 around 3pm
Oxford Publishing Society (OPuS) Evening - The Future of Illustrated Publishing
by Franziska Boeswald, MA Publishing student
On the Evening of the 2nd November 2017 we had the chance to get a detailed insight into an underrepresented area within the publishing industry: illustrated publishing. David Graham, MD at Pavilion Books and Greg Hill, MD at Atlantic Publishing gave professionals and aspiring publishers the chance to get a better picture of the current state of this particular branch of publishing.
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 04 Dec 2017 around 11am
Oxford University Press Stock Planning Away Day
by Rebecca Burke
In November 2017 fifteen MA Publishing students from the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University joined the Global Academic Stock Planning department for their annual away day
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 15 Nov 2017 around 3pm
“Fair use is not your enemy”: Judge Leval on the Google Books decision at the London Book Fair
by Ellie Bishop
In 2004, Google launched its Google Library Project, and over the next ten years set about to create digital copies of tens-of-millions of books in co-operation with major libraries around the world. Through Google Books they publicised each title’s bibliographic information and made their contents searchable. In 2014, Judge Pierre Leval and the US Court of Appeals heard the case made by numerous authors against Google for copyright infringement. In this landmark decision Judge Leval found Google’s digital copying to be lawful under the US doctrine of fair use.
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 30 Mar 2017 around 7pm
How Can You Use Twitter to Promote Your Book?
by Alessandra Pineda
Freelance digital marketer Camille Mari of camillesolutions talked to the MA Publishing students about the importance of social media—particularly Twitter to build a web presence online. While she said that Facebook is the most used social media platform right now, Twitter is more professional and can help you engage with your audience using a variety of paid automation tools. Camille emphasized that the platform allows you to check on your competitors: “Who are they? Do they have something you don’t? And if they do, learn from them—never copy, but do it better.
There is a Podcast for this News Item
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 20 Mar 2017 around 11am
Educake Science- Small but Mighty
by Bethany Lund-Yates
Charley Darbishire, founder of Educake Science, visited Oxford Brookes to describe his experience setting up an online educational platform. Educake is a learning resource focused on secondary science, and is designed to help teachers reduce their workload. It does this by providing thousands of homework and revision questions, which cover multiple curriculums, and are marked by the system itself. Educake also has the benefit of allowing teachers to track their students’ progress, as well as targeting topics that need to be readdressed.
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 14 Mar 2017 around 11am
UX & UI: Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls
by Simon Phillimore
On the first of March we were lucky enough to have Mariana Morris of Oxford Computer Consultants give a presentation on a most modern phenomenon – digital UX and UI, or to give them their full titles, User Experience and User Interface. Unknown to many of us, each and every day we engage in a UX or interact with a UI, whether we are simply checking Facebook, buying something off Amazon, or writing a blog post.
Edited by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 07 Mar 2017 around 11am