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Booktrust Early Years Award: Originally called the Sainsbury's Baby Book Award(s), was a set of annual literary prizes for children's picture books that from 1999 to 2004 was sponsored by the supermarket chain Sainsbury's. The last Awards year was 2010. Blue Peter Book Awards: The Blue Peter Book Awards is run in collaboration with CBBC's Blue ...
WeTransfer was founded in 2009 by Rinke Visser, Bas Beerens and Ronald Hans (Nalden) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. [5] [3] It was created to enable the sharing of large files (up to 2 GB) free of charge.
"In many creative industries, monetary incentives play a reduced role in motivating authors to remain creative. Data on the supply of new works are consistent with the argument that file-sharing did not discourage authors and publishers. Since the advent of file sharing, the production of music, books, and movies has increased sharply."
Damian Bradfield (born 29 March 1977 [1] [2]) is a British businessman.He is the Chief Creative Officer and a founding shareholder of the file-transfer service WeTransfer. [3] [4]
Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works, as well as to "encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks." [2] It was founded in 1971 by American writer Michael S. Hart and is the oldest digital library. [3]
Growth of the eight largest Wikibooks sites (by language), July 2003–January 2010. Wikibooks (previously called Wikimedia Free Textbook Project and Wikimedia-Textbooks) is a wiki-based Wikimedia project hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation for the creation of free content digital textbooks and annotated texts that anyone can edit.
Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books (3rd ed.). American Library Association. Pollard and Redgrave (1928), Short-Title Catalogue of Books…1475-1640; Donald Wing (1945–1951), Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700
Market research firm Harris Interactive believed there to be 8.3 million file sharers in the UK. Moreover the BPI claimed that in 1999 UK music purchases totaled £1,113 million but had fallen to £893.8 million in 2008. [51] The Digital Economy Act 2010 received Royal Assent on 9 April 2010. [52]