SabusVirtual Weblog SPARC Europe Mashpedia Blogtailors - o blogue da edição PLoS la enciclopedia libre Surveying the Good and Bad in Book Trailers: Hot Eye Pop The best — and most innovative — book trailers can attract thousands or even millions of viewers. We talk to several experts about what works and why. By Kathleen Sweeney When the term “book trailer” first buzzed out of Los Angeles in 2002, expectations ran high for video promos to become mandatory launch elements. Nine years later, multimedia roll-outs remain ad hoc and inconsistent. While direct links between video promotion and book sales continue to mystify the publishing world, many trailers follow a cookie cutter mentality, and take themselves as seriously as, well, Literature with a capital ‘L’. Likewise, wow factor breaks through in Gail Carriger’s ”The Making of a Book Cover” video, a design chronicle of her third steampunk novel, Blameless. Who knew Photoshop could be so kinetic? …or Mary Roach’s retro-50s mockumentary trailer for Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life the Void. and
Overview of Open Access in the EU member states 16 de Marzo de 2010 Europe, and the EU member states, already have a strong tradition in Open Access, both in building infrastructures for Open Access repositories and stimulating the establishment Open Access journals and transition of traditional publishing to Open Access. Open Access Repositories in Europe The DRIVER project helped to establish and develop repositories in each of the European countries, and stimulated Open Access archiving by promoting policy development at the national level. Open Access publishing in Europe There is a growing number of Open Access Journals; most disciplines are now represented. OpenAIRE and the European initiatives The NOADs of OpenAIRE Most of the EU member states have built expertise on OA. The OpenAIRE network of Open Access desks is structured similarly to the Europe-wide information network on European Research Programmes. Please click on one of the countries in the list (left) for further information on:
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