Book publishing, searching for the right book, negotiating deals and seeking copyrights are challenges faced in the world of book publishing, a job not for the faint-hearted as all your management and intuitive skills are put to test. Vu Thuy, head of the copyright department of Thai Ha Publishing House in Hanoi, begins her working day as usual by surfing online bookstores such as amazon.com or nytimes.com and official websites of well known publishing houses like Play Bac, HarperCollins, Hachette, Dorling Kindersley and Harvard, searching for eye-catching titles, but often in vain. So discouraged does she get that she turns to her coffee and newspaper on 'Buddhist Culture' for solace. By this time she is in better spirits and finds cheer in a series of books written by Taiwanese Buddhist monk Thich Thanh Nghiem. Wanting this to be her next topic of work, she attempts to contact the author or the copyright holder. It takes months to negotiate before she is finally given … [Read more...] about Challenges of book publishing
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Photo book on Hanoi to be introduced at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair
The contributions will mainly apply to chapter six, reflecting traditions, contemporary culture and the identity of Vietnam’s capital city. In addition to highlighting the inner city, the photos should also convey the emerging new lifestyles, for example at the western parts of Hanoi, which became an administrative part of the city just ten years ago as well as traditional trade villages and the long-term connection between the city and the surrounding countryside.Hanoi’s increasing street-art may also be worth documenting. A photo exhibition, entitled “My Hanoi”, with photos selected for the “Soul of the city” chapter, will also be held in October. The book’s editor and the exhibition’s curator is Michael Waibel - an urban geographer and project leader at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Over the past 20 years, he has spent time in Vietnam and observed with admiration the people and country as it further develops.A photo book on the … [Read more...] about Photo book on Hanoi to be introduced at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair
Publishing houses join hands with technology firms to develop e-books
VietNamNet Bridge - Publishing houses, ignoring warned risks, are rushing to trade e-books, believing that in the long term, e-books would bring the revenue much higher than normal books, because e-books are 50 percent cheaper than paper books, while they do not have to worry about inventory. E-book trading is considered a new and risky business field in Vietnam. It is risky because traders can foresee that their books will have to compete with un-copyrighted books abundant on Internet. … [Read more...] about Publishing houses join hands with technology firms to develop e-books
Big guys vow to combat with digital book piracy
VietNamNet Bridge – VTC and FPT, the big guys in the high technology sector, have announced that they would develop specific e-book formats which would be decoded only by their reading software pieces. This is a part of the program to struggle with book piracy. A senior executive of FPT Telecom said the company has been negotiating with publishing houses on the contracts to digitalize books. The company plans to complete the digitalization of 300-500 books by 2012 in the immediate time. … [Read more...] about Big guys vow to combat with digital book piracy
Science makes an open book of English evolution
"The United States of America" has become entrenched as one of the most frequently printed phrases in the modern era of written English, a study of 500 years of language evolution has shown. … [Read more...] about Science makes an open book of English evolution