Monday, 24 July 2017

The Literary Platform newsletter

With details of jobs, opportunities and more, The Literary Platform newsletter:

TLP's July round-up

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We're back with the latest news from TLP, including a piece on the startups making waves in the publishing world and our monthly jobs and opportunities round-up.

Plus! We've found three things elsewhere that we think you'll love...

-- The Literary Platform Team

Recently on The Literary Platform Magazine...

Take a look at our round-up all of all the latest jobs and opportunities combining books and technology. Read more...

We detail the recent startups making waves in the publishing world and focus in on how they are positioning their businesses in the tech marketplace. Read more...

We take a look at the publishers and writers experimenting with hybrid forms to create multimodal, interactive stories. Read more...

London College of Communication's Frania Hall on why publishers need to rethink approaches to digital development. Read more...

15-year-old, Imogen takes a look at the reading habits of millenials who grew up reading Harry Potter. Read more...

Elsewhere...

Nora Manthey writes-up her experience of Ambient Literature's first commission - It Must Have Been Dark By Then by Duncan Speakman - a book and audio experience at the British Library. Read more...

How we can help libraries — and how libraries can help us. Doteveryone has been exploring if libraries could be part of building a better, fairer internet for us all. Read more...

A new report issued by the Audio Publishers Association found that 2016 was another good year for audiobooks. The findings show double-digit growth for both audiobook sales and title output. Read more...