Open Society Publishing Forum14 July 1998, Issue 19****************************************************************OPEN SOCIETY PUBLISHING FORUM OSI Center for Publishing Development Budapest, 14 July 1998, Issue 19 **************************************************************** In this issue *Foundation Publishing "For The Good of Humanity" - A New Title from CEU Press *Publishing General British Government Support for Translations in Central and Eastern Europe *Translation Project - Update ======================================================= Foundation Publishing ======================================================= "For The Good of Humanity. Ludwik Rajchman, Medical Statesman" by Marta Balinska - A New Title from CEU Press From the catalogue: "In this biography of Ludwik Rajchman, Marta A. Balinska paints a portrait of a true hero of our times. He was born in Poland in 1881 and was an exponent of humanitarian intervention and defender of colonized people, as adept in secret diplomacy as in organizing vast anti-epidemic campaigns. He inspired the creation of WHO and the foundation of UNICEF, of which he became the first chairman. Progressive but opposed to all dogmas, he was forced by McCarthyism to flee the U.S. and soon became an object of suspicion in the Soviet bloc, finding himself estranged from his beloved Poland. As the story of this remarkable life unfolds, the reader is given a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the major events that shaped the twentieth century. Using family archives and documentary sources from a dozen countries, the author brilliantly reconstructs the career of a man who was not only the first medecin sans frontiere but also an intellectual with an exceptional sense of the universal." ======================================================= Publishing General ======================================================= British Government Support for Translations in Central and Eastern Europe Central and Eastern European publishers are now able to apply for assistance from the Know How Fund’s ‘British Books for Managers’ Scheme to cover the cost of the UK license fee for translations of UK published titles in management and related subjects. Some contribution towards the translation costs is also offered to successful applicants. The Translation Scheme is open to publishers from the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic*, Estonia*, Georgia, Hungary*, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland*, Romania,. Slovakia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro). * these countries will leave the scheme in February 1999 Applications will be accepted from publishers in these countries who have obtained in-principle agreement from a UK publisher to the sale of translation rights. Titles for translation must fit within the overall strategy of the Know How Fund in transition economies, namely: -Support to the enabling framework for economic growth; -An inclusive approach to economic management allowing benefits to be shared as widely as possible; -Empowerment of people through access to rights, health, security and information; -Protection and restoration of the environment; -Integration into international community. Subjects eligible for the Scheme include: General Business and Management, Accounting, Banking, Economics, Finance, the European Union, International Business and Export Management, Law, Public Service Management, Public Administration and Good Government, Information Technology and Management Information Systems, Small and Medium Enterprises. Interested publishers from any of the scheduled countries listed above, and UK publishers who have eligible negotiations in progress, should request an Application Pack from Julie Carpenter or Alison Walker at the BBM Administration (address below). Education for Change United House North Road London N7 9DP United Kingdom Tel.: 0171-700-4114 e-mail: <bbm@efc.co.uk> <http://www.efc.co.uk/bbm> ======================================================= Translation Project - Update ======================================================= New titles published within the project: ALBANIA Burke, Peter: Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe, grant $7,723, $384/author’s sheet Ginzburg, Carlo: Il formaggio e i vermi, grant $4,573, $339/author’s sheet ROMANIA Habermas, Jurgen: Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit, grant $3,900, $190/author’s sheet ======================================================= Open Society Publishing Forum is a publication of the OSI Center for Publishing Development. Archive of back issues: <www.osi.hu/cpd/spf> Contact person: Jerzy Celichowski <celichow@mail.osi.hu> Distribution: Monika Horvath <mhorvath@osi.hu> You can also contact us at: Center for Publishing Development Open Society Institute 1525 Budapest 114. sz. posta PO Box 10/22 Hungary e-mail <cpd@osi.hu> tel (36 1) 327 3014 fax (36 1) 327 3042 =======================================================
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