People who are melodramatic about the decline of the physical book often see booklovers as having to retreat to redoubts, sanctuaries, like people of learning retiring to monasteries in late antiquity. Things may not be that drastic, but my personal Monte Cassino or Vivarium is the New York Society Library on East 79th St. It […]
During the recent Halloween season, our new book, Horror and the Horror Film by Bruce F. Kawin, was featured as a giveaway prize in several horror festivals around the U.S. Both the RI International Horror Film Festival and Knoxville Horror Film Fest raffled off several copies of the book during the screenings and the New […]
Inside Higher Ed has written an interesting article, entitled ‘What Obama victory means for higher education.’ Obama, they say, “has focused more on higher education than almost any other president” and this article offers a few insights into what we can expect these next four years with regard to federal financial aid, the “gainful employment” […]
The Biblioteca Nacional de España, opposite the Recoletos underground station in Madrid, was created and opened to the public by Philip V in 1712, and is thus celebrating its tercentenary in 2012. It became a national library rather than a royal property in 1836, and moved into its present neo-classical style home in the 1890s. […]
If you want to escape the remorseless development and frenetic pace of modern Shanghai and re-discover that colonial pre-1949 period when the city was an International Settlement run by foreigners with their own police force, soldiers and gunboats then, hidden away from any but the most diligent and enquiring, is the Bibliotheca Zi-Ka-Wei. An oasis […]
As criticism mounts over the use of digital rights management (DRM) for electronic books (ebooks), the digital book publishing industry must move swiftly to evaluate the future of ebook content protection or face a backlash from consumers. DRM is software commonly used by manufacturers and publishers to restrict the unauthorised redistribution of digital material after […]
“During a recent trip to Melbourne, I found the State Library of Victoria a beautiful architectural environment in which to work. The Library is a lively focal point in the city for students, workers and visitors and also has in its southern wing the Wheeler Centre where regular literary events, debates and awards are held and organisations […]
Every year Anthem Press exhibits at leading publishing industry fairs around the world including the Frankfurt Book Fair and London Book Fair. We cordially invite you to visit us at one (or more!) of these fairs. The first major book event of the year is the New Delhi World Book Fair 2012 (Pragati Maidan) and […]
Classics. They seem to be eternal. We all have read them. We all want to read more. Anthem Press will be launching its own series of Classics in 2012. Watch this space! In the meantime, here are some takes on Classics by well-known writers… “Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have […]
