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Marine Atlas wins in New York

January 21, 2014 by Marine Scotland Communications No Comments | Category Marine Directorate general, Marine Directorate Science

The e-book version of Scotland’s Marine Atlas, created on behalf of Marine Scotland by APS Group Scotland, has won an award at the prestigious Digital Book Awards in New York.

At a ceremony hosted by LeVar Burton, actor and co-founder of Reading Rainbow (an educational app for children), the Atlas beat the competition to win the category of “Ebook Flowable – Reference/Academic”.

The Digital Book Awards recognize innovation, creativity and excellence in all aspects of digital book publishing. Each year, award winners and finalists in 15 categories demonstrate fresh thinking, inspired design, and bold technology integration, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in this constantly evolving publishing arena.

The awards encompass all forms of digital publishing that are available to consumers as ebooks, enhanced digital books and apps, to showcase and reward the work of authors, developers and publishers.

Other Awards

• Gold Awards at the CIPR PRide Scotland awards in October 2013 (e-book) /
• Short listed for the Civil Service Awards in 2011 – Analysis and Use of Evidence category (Hard copy only)

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