AP World History is one of the most popular courses offered by the US-based College Board. The AP World History exam was taken by 300,000 students last year. It is now a subject of growing controversy - and we urge you to join the campaign #SaveAPWorld - because the College Board has announced that the course will no longer
BILL SIEVER Editorial Coordinator Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Berkshire Publishing Group KAREN CHRISTENSEN Publisher and CEO Berkshire Publishing Group Seeing the forest: why publishers and readers need to take a fresh look at print and online publishing to create a sustainable information industry The emerging debate over whether print or online
The company I own, Berkshire Publishing Group, conducts a lot of business in China, so I’m always being asked about intellectual property rights (IPR). I’ve learned that many people equate China with piracy, and stories float around the academic world about bookstore shelves filled with unauthorized copies of monographs and popular nonfiction titles. In fact, it was concern
The burly customs officer was talking to a Chinese couple when I approached the final barrier at Newark Airport last September. My long white US customs declaration form.was flapping and I was eager to hand it over and get the PATH train home. What was he quizzing them about? It was obvious from their faces that they did not speak
This is not a proper book review, since I haven't tried any of the recipes, but a preview of a book that I've been waiting for. The pub date kept getting pushed back, but it's now set for August, I have a proof copy in my hands, and I can't wait any longer to write something about
My daughter Rachel, who works at Berkshire Publishing, is a great fan of audio books and has been pushing me for ages to develop some audio content. I'm thinking first of an audio version of our short bestseller This Fleeting World but it occurred to me that many of our historical articles and biographies might make
The poet T. S. Eliot was a practical joker, and his second wife, the much younger Valerie, liked to loosen the tops of salt shakers and even bottles of Worcestershire sauce at restaurants. I never saw that side of her – she was a grande dame by the time I worked for her in the late
Amazon doesn’t just take orders. They are used to barking orders at publishers and getting us to salute. But bullying only goes so far, and I’m thankful that a single large publisher, Hachette, has stood up to them and that today the New York Times ran an editorial about their strong-arm tactics. I’ve been sitting on
Would you be able to explain the difference between Jesus and Santa Claus, or the symbolism of different Hanukkah and Christmas foods? These were topics of conversation as Berkshire Publishing hosted its first holiday party in China. I was in Beijing to speak at a digital publishing conference, but I also found a way to
Today's theme is my love for winter. Here's to what I hope will be a blissfully snowy winter. A few things that I love about winter, in no particular order: Downhill skiing! Extreme slant + slippery slopes + lots of $$$ + threat of death + lots of time spent freezing on chairlifts = fun!
