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SUMMARY:A Publisher's perspective on the Future of Academic Publishing in 
 the Digital Era - Dr Frances Pinter: Publisher\, Bloomsbury Academic
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CONTACT:Professor John Naughton
DESCRIPTION:Dr Pinter is Publisher of Bloomsbury Academic\, a radically ne
 w scholarly imprint which was launched in September 2008.\n\nFollowing the
  publication of Lawrence Lessig's 'Remix' in October 2008\, Bloomsbury Aca
 demic will be publishing research in the areas of Humanities and Social Sc
 iences.  Publications will be available on the Web free of charge under Cr
 eative Commons licences. Simultaneously\, physical books will be produced 
 and sold around the world.\n\nHer seminar presentation will draw together 
 many of the different publishing issues (and the contexts in which they ar
 ise) that are challenging publishers during this transition period. and tr
 y to make sense of how the various factors impact on one another.  She wil
 l discuss some new business models designed to be both open and sustainabl
 e. 
LOCATION:Wolfson College
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