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Our first Iatefl – the round looks back (and forward)

I will confess that there was a moment on the first morning of Iatefl 2012, as we negotiated the roads below the M8 motorway and at least one driver appeared unconcerned by the prospect of running us over, when we … Continue reading

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Learning fast

It’s been a very exciting couple of days at the round: amazing to be on Twitter and Facebook and ‘see’ people trialling and buying our first e-book since its release on Thursday morning, and wonderful to read such positive comment … Continue reading

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design of the times

Mark Bain, who created our logo and website, and is already working on the covers for our first titles, is one of the founding members of the round. This shows how seriously we take design. We want our titles to … Continue reading

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Our first e-book goes into Labs

Why would you come to class wearing the wrong clothes? Or refuse to write down a single word? Can the language classroom be a place where people learn to be activists? And what if we asked the learners how they … Continue reading

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the round takes shape

This is a post we’ve really been looking forward to writing. It’s the one where we reveal the projects that are already taking shape in the round. As soon as we got the idea for a publishing project, we started talking to … Continue reading

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E-quality in the round

As we outlined in our last post, the round is founded on three principles: we want it to be great for educators, fair for authors – and a learning environment. These principles are important, because the idea of e-publishing isn’t … Continue reading

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