Publishing news: Off the Page, ebooks for special needs students

This caught my eye, I think it's worth mentioning:

Two New Zealand special education specialists write and self-publish a series of ebooks to teach special needs college students to read, to cover a serious gap in the market: ‘Off the Page’s 30 ebooks covered topics including surfing, getting a haircut, and cutting down a tree.’

For more info, visit their website: http://www.offthepage.co.nz/.

Publishing news: Jack Davis retires at 90

Maybe you’ve heard: graphic virtuoso ‪‎Jack Davis has decided to retire at the young age of ninety, after an impressive career as an illustrator. He created comics and covers for EC Comics and MAD Magazine, was a cover artist for the TV Guide, TIME Magazine, Playboy, Esquire and Newsweek, and a poster artist for the film and music industries, among other things. Much of his work has recently been beautifully collected by Fantagraphics Books.

The master had some health problems in recent years, but didn’t stop doing what he loves. He can still draw better than you and me. It's simply that, as he told the Wire yesterday, “I’m not satisfied with the work. I can still draw, but I just can’t draw like I used to.”

I find it quite inspirational.

Recommended: Contract creator

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This looks like a useful tool to help freelancers create their own contracts.

Check it out!

This is what I did today

This is what I saw today, walking around in downtown Madrid:

“A good book is one that is opened with expectations

and closed with increased profit and knowledge.”

——Louisa May Alcott.

This is what I did today

You can learn more about it here: http://www.madrid.es/imprentamunicipal.