Ronald Robinson from UWI Mona Campus
As part of the Kingston Book Festival, the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) hosted a session entitled The Business of Books: Business and Investment Opportunities in the Jamaican Book Industry . Along with Jamaica Trade and Invest, CaribLit was a co-host of the session, with its guests, English publishers, Michael Williams from BIS Publications and Jeremy Poynting from Peepal Tree Press sharing their insights on publishing Caribbean books for the English market.
High on the agenda: ebooks. Jamaican publishers have begun to embrace the digital revolution both as a means of lowering the cost of providing books to the local market and as a way of tapping into the wider international market. The BIAJ noted that several of its member publishers including the University of the West Indies Press, Pelican Publishers, Ian Randle Publishers and LMH Publishing have made major strides in launching their ebook catalogues, while Jamaican self-publishers are independently launching ebooks in growing numbers.
Christine Randle from Ian Randle Publishers and Ronald Robinson from the Office of the Deputy Principal at the University of the West Indies gave updates on their digital publishing initiatives. Robinson outlined UWI Mona’s initiatives which began with a project in the Faculty of Medicine. The University licensed ebooks from the publishers of the textbooks used and now offer them to students on a UWI-branded electronic reader. The project has expanded to include smart classrooms and a library app that allows electronic borrowing.
UWI is now doing a pilot with Jamaica College to provide sixth form textbooks electronically.
Read the full story in the Jamaica Gleaner.
High on the agenda: ebooks. Jamaican publishers have begun to embrace the digital revolution both as a means of lowering the cost of providing books to the local market and as a way of tapping into the wider international market. The BIAJ noted that several of its member publishers including the University of the West Indies Press, Pelican Publishers, Ian Randle Publishers and LMH Publishing have made major strides in launching their ebook catalogues, while Jamaican self-publishers are independently launching ebooks in growing numbers.
Christine Randle from Ian Randle Publishers and Ronald Robinson from the Office of the Deputy Principal at the University of the West Indies gave updates on their digital publishing initiatives. Robinson outlined UWI Mona’s initiatives which began with a project in the Faculty of Medicine. The University licensed ebooks from the publishers of the textbooks used and now offer them to students on a UWI-branded electronic reader. The project has expanded to include smart classrooms and a library app that allows electronic borrowing.
UWI is now doing a pilot with Jamaica College to provide sixth form textbooks electronically.
Read the full story in the Jamaica Gleaner.
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