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  • Save Chambers Harrap in Edinburgh

    Harry writes:

    As you may have heard, the historic dictionary firm of Chambers in
    Edinburgh is threatened with closure by the parent company Hachette
    Livre
    .

    They intend moving the English dictionaries to London and the
    bilingual Harrap titles to Paris, involving not just the loss of 27
    jobs in Edinburgh but the end of a publishing tradition going back
    nearly two centuries.  Chambers is a Scottish and British institution
    dear to the hearts of word-lovers.

    Yes, the advent of free resources on the internet has changed the
    world of reference publishing, but it is far from clear whether all
    options for the future of Chambers Harrap have been properly
    considered in what appears to be a very drastic and possibly even
    underhand move by Hachette.  I feel strongly we shouldn’t just accept
    this as inevitable.  Hachette should be forced at the very least to
    undertake a properly full and open review of the situation first, in
    due consultation with the NUJ.  If you wish to join with others in
    urging them to think again, you may like to sign the online petition
    at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/chambers-in-edinburgh/.  It only
    takes a few seconds.

    More at http://sn.im/chambersharrap and http://harrycampbell.blogspot.com.