‘Perhaps globalization can only work hand-in-hand with empowerment,’ says Richard Charkin, but the debate goes on.
A ‘Sustainable Story Award’ Opens in the United Kingdom
Announced on Earth Day, a new ‘Sustainable Story Award’ competition opens in the United Kingdom, with a summertime deadline.
Richard Charkin: Choose Your Own Memory Lane
Some of the big debates Richard Charkin reviews may have been resolved for the best, he says.
Richard Charkin: Postcards From Chile
Richard Charkin travels to Frankfurter Buchmesse’s 2027 guest of honor, Chile, to learn more about the market.
‘Responsible Chapters’: France’s Publishers Boost Ecological Stance
Chosen in a competition, the SNE’s ‘Chapitres Responsables’ program a carbon-footprint calendar, life-cycle analysis, and training.
In France, a Publishing Coalition Plans To Open Its Filéas Project
Forming a dashboard for the French book industry, the Filéas project plans to ‘ensure better visibility’ for print and digital book sales data.
Richard Charkin on South Carolina’s Charleston Conference
Richard Charkin makes his first trip to the Charleston Conference of scholarly librarians. He returns to London raving about it.
Germany’s E-Lending Round Table: ‘A Constructive Process’
Long a ‘deadlocked debate,’ the question of ebook lending through libraries has reached new ‘willingness to engage’ in Germany.
Richard Charkin at Frankfurt: ‘Why This Addiction?’
In Frankfurt again this week, Richard Charkin considers what makes the long days and even longer evenings at the Buchmesse worth while.
Richard Charkin From Readmagine: ‘Will You Still Read Me?’
Richard Charkin asks from Madrid’s Readmagine: ‘Will you still read me, will you still need me, when I’m 75?’