The Kingston Annual Publishing Conference, over two days in early September, has Self-Publishing as its 2010 theme.
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UK APE Meeting 24 September 2010
UK APE will be meeting on Friday 24 September from 11am at London College of Communication. All members have been advised, but if any Higher Education institution, or organisation, or professional individual is interested in the aims of UK APE, and wishes to attend, or enquire about membership, contact in the first instance the Secretary.
UK APE Dissertation Prizes Winners Announced 16 April 2010
The winners of the first ever UK APE Dissertation Prizes have been announced to coincide with theLondon Book Fair 2010. Two prizes were awarded, one at undergraduate level, a second at Masters’ level, and each winner receives a cheque for £250.
Laura Kincaid of Edinburgh Napier University wins at undergraduate level for ‘Are publishers in control? An examination of the power dynamics of UK consumer trade publishers’ relationships with Amazon’, and Jennie Courage of UCL wins at Masters’ level with ‘Making e-books easy for everyone to read – Accessibility and the visually impaired’.
The judges – John Whitley of the PTC (Chair), Martin Neild, Lynette Owen and Simon Winder – commented on the high standard of submission.
Publishing Innovation Conference at LCC 18 March 2010
The MA Publishing student-led conference at London College of Communication, which is sponsored by Macmillan, has as its theme for 2010 the terms of exchange – free or paid – for content between content creators and publishers within the book and magazine publishing sectors in the digital landscape.