#Publishing

Reminder: nobody is trying to stop the Internet Archive from existing as an archive. A number of authors *did* object when it did the virtual equivalent of taking a book
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SPD has annual fees, listing fees, doesn't label paid adverts (the handpicked section costs publishers $), gives higher royalties to presses who make > $10k, undercuts presses (intentionally or not)
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With #authormentormatch picks and the #pitchwars showcase looming, I thought I'd address one of the worst parts of the writing journey: professional jealousy. Sometimes it just plain sucks to be
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"Scientists – like journalists – should follow evidence until it is disproved, even when it leads into uncomfortable terrain. Anything else is a betrayal of their creed." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9155487/IAN-BI
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Wiley buys Hindawi -- a $298 million acquisition for GBP 25 million in annual APC revenues -- in bid to expand open-access platforms @pbasken https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wiley-buys-hindawi-bid-expand-open-access-platforms I
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The UK govt’s paper on free speech in Unis (with implications for Wales) is getting a lot of attention. Worth noting then that an important part of the evidence-base on
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Permitted development rights – an area of interest for Bradford, given the number of recent conversions from office to residential in our city centre. Broadly, PD rights allow new dwellings
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1/ The Govt's committee on climate change has added its 6th budget period on the pathway to ‘net-zero’ by 2050. But @theCCCuk suggests it's not possible to convert Paris 1.5-2°C
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Like @GeorgeMonbiot & others, I'm wary of economists trying to 'put a price on nature'.But I was surprised to see the #DasguptaReview make a strong case for actually *putting large
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So this obviously sucks but is also emblematic of a bigger problem I find in demands for diversity: When a non-Black “expert” is societally pressured to work with Black people
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I am not an “optimist”.Well, not exactly. Though I sing the praises of progress on @rootsofprogress, and though I paint a bold vision for the future, I have hesitated to
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64 terrorist attacks in the UK reported by ⁊@Europol⁩ last year - more than in the other 27 EU countries combined! https://www.europol.europa.eu/activities-services/main-reports/european-union-terrorism-situation-and-trend-report-te-sat
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Black people are OVER-CRIMINALISED throughout our criminal justice system.Black history month may be over but our conversations should not be.A THREAD. Black people are OVER-POLICED.Black people are stopped and searched
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I’m struggling with how to express something because I worry it will come off harsher than I mean it. BUT, I’ve had a week y’all. Some good work news that
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COVID-19: Do We Have a Coronavirus Pandemic, or a PCR Test Pandemic? - AAPS | Association of American Physicians and SurgeonsI’m not alone is completely distrusting current PCR mass testing.“Coronavirus
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(1/10) A thread on poverty stats after the discussion between the PM and Keir Starmer today. What is poverty? At JRF we say it is when a person’s resources (mainly
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