Spain has invested a lot of money to make reforms in its educational system. According to various reports, the system has improved greatly in the last few decades. Most reforms have been in both primary and secondary education to ensure … Read More
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. ~ Charles R. Swindoll
<img class=”alignnone size-full wp-image-3816″ src=”https://www.setthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/quotes.png” alt=”” width=”900″ height=”600″ /> Today is, daily, the most important day in my life. ~ Nicolae Sfetcu
EU citizens could pay less for e-books after plans to allow member states to reduce VAT on e-publications were backed in committee on Wednesday. An EU Commission proposal to enable member states to charge a reduced rate of VAT on … Read More
“The more you hurry, the more you move away from yourself.” – Nicolae Sfetcu
The history of the book is that of a series of technical innovations that have improved the quality of access to information, portability, and the cost of production. But considered from the artistic or collection point of view, the book … Read More
The European Commission is inviting comments on commitments offered by Amazon to address competition concerns relating to parity clauses in contracts with publishers. The clauses may breach EU antitrust rules and result in reduced competition among e-book distributors, and less … Read More
In the media and entertainment markets, the book market is the only one where EU companies (Bertelsman, Hachette, Pearson, Wolters Kluwer) lead. In 2009, global book market revenue was US $ billion 109 (Total size of the media and entertainment … Read More
(The interior of Parliament House, https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fi%C8%99ier:EPP_Congress_2364_(8096729413).jpg) In Bucharest are located the Parliament (House of Parliament or House of the People), the Government, and the Romanian Presidency. Also there are located numerous cultural institutions, such as the Romanian Academy (founded in … Read More
The publishing industry is the “oldest” if not the “original” sector of the media and content industries as it can be dated back to the introduction of the format used for modern books (the codex: block of wood, book) (Latin … Read More
(Main entrance of Royal Holloway, a college of the University of London) Welcoming number of universities and other higher education institutions, London has about 378,000 students and is a major center for research and development. Most primary and secondary schools … Read More
Consumer & Educational Book Market by regions: 2009 & 2015 (forecast) (US $ billion) (PWC 2011): Books Publ. >>> 2009 >>> 2015 North America >>> 33 >>> 37 EMEA >>> 43 >>> 46 Germany >>> >>> 10 France >>> >>> … Read More