Just to post that I had a really interesting time at the eBooks and econtent conference on Thursday 9th, which gave me lots to think about in terms of new technology. The big drive was about publishers moving away from 'flat' pdf eBook to more whizzy ePub3 format. This is a format which takes advantages which technology offers of adding extra digital content eg embedding videos. There was also a fair quantity of chat about the teaching organisations writing their own course books...could be another job role, getting the publisher clearances.
Alongside the day, I also managed to submit my chartership portfolio to CILIP whose building is just down the road, whilst getting only marginally sidetracked in the Gower Street Waterstones. So, that is now done. I got home to discover I had a phonecall from CILIP. It turned out I was minus a form on my submission, however I was able to get it sent to them on Friday.
On the train up I read "The art of hearing heartbeats" by Jan Senker, which I had borrowed from the public library. A very gentle tale about love and commitment, economically written but gaining impact because of that. Well worth the effort. Less scholarly was the teenage semi autobiography by Ned Vinizzi, "It's a kind of funny story", I read on the way back, but it was late, and my brain was rather tired.
And yes, it was a long wait before my train home, and Waterstones on Piccadilly and John Lewis on Oxford Street did benefit considerably!
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