The ContentShift accelerator program from the Börsenverein has opened for applications. Five startups will be chosen and one will win €10,000 at Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Image – iStockphoto: Mongkolchon Akesin
Application Deadline: May 1
As Publishing Perspectives readers know, ContentShift is an accelerator program offered since 2016 by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels Germany’s Publishers and Booksellers Association with a goal of identifying and supporting promising startups working in spaces relative to books and media.
And today (March 2), the program is open for this year’s applications featuring “innovative business models from startups with solutions for the book and content industry from new technologies related to texts and reading to marketing tools and products that impart content.”
Wreaths for a good cause
Wreaths for a good cause
To prevent pollution caused by funeral bouquets, one company is adopting a new practice of sending recycled paper garlands and donating books
published : 1 Mar 2021 at 04:30
45 From left to right, Kaimuk Pantaeng, Chuenkamon Sreesompoch and Tachnondh Jarupatchanee, founders of the wreath company, Pun Kan Di. Photos: Somchai Poomlard
Funeral wreaths are a common way to pay our final respect to the deceased. However, at the end of the funeral, wreaths turn into a large pile of garbage which is harmful to the environment as they are made up of foam and plastic. Each year, according to the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion (DEQP), more than 128,000 wreaths are left at 456 temples across Bangkok. The DEQP pointed out that trash piles from wreaths cause odour pollution and when burned cause air pollution. Therefore, the DEQP encourages people to offer other items such as trees, fans, blankets
Bookshop.org raises £1m for UK s indie booksellers amid lockdown Alison Flood
Four months since it launched, Bookshop.org – billed as an alternative to Amazon – has generated £1m in profit for independent bookshops in the UK, the website announced on Monday.
Set up by Andy Hunter, the writer and co-founder of Literary Hub, Bookshop.org was launched in the US a year ago and in the UK in November. Pitching itself as a socially conscious way to buy books online, it allows booksellers to create a virtual shop front, receiving 30% of the cover price from each sale without having to handle customer service or shipping. When a sale is made and not attributed to a specific bookseller, 10% of the cover price goes into a pot that is split between all of the shops.
Bookshop org raises £1m for UK s indie booksellers amid lockdown theguardian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theguardian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
CCI imposes Rs 4 lakh penalty on Indian publishers and booksellers association
SECTIONS
Share
Synopsis
The CCI also directed the FPBAI, SC Sethi and Sunil Sachdev to cease and desist from indulging in activities found to be in contraventions of section 3 of the Competition Act, relating to anti-competitive agreements, in order on Tuesday.
Getty Images
Representative image
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed a penalty of Rs 4 lakh on the Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Association in India (FPBAI) and its present and past presidents for anti-competitive practices.
The CCI also directed the FPBAI, SC Sethi and Sunil Sachdev to cease and desist from indulging in activities found to be in contraventions of section 3 of the Competition Act, relating to anti-competitive agreements, in an order on Tuesday.