Publishers of textbooks and providers of educational materials, tools and services are finding market opportunities from the U.S. federal School Improvement Grants program which aims to overhaul the 5,000 lowest-performing
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Penguin, Macmillan and HarperCollins among firms accused of colluding to scupper Amazon’s consumer-friendly $9.99 rate A class-action lawsuit has been filed in the US alleging that Apple and five major publishers “colluded
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ALA TechSource announces an exciting new workshop, “Using Google Apps for a More Efficient Library” with Suzann Holland. This two-day workshop will take place at 2:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 7 and 14.
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BookStats, the deepest, most comprehensive statistical survey ever conducted of the modern U.S. publishing industry — capturing its size, scope, revenue and rapid strategic expansion across multiplatform content and sales
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Elsevier announced today its new Gray’s Anatomy for Students App, for iPad, is now available on the App Store. The app includes content from Gray’s Anatomy for Students, Second Edition. The
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This week Thomson Reuters published the 2010 Journal Citation Report (JCR). Nature Publishing Group (NPG) achieved outstanding results, with Nature’s Impact Factor for 2010 reaching a new high of 36.101. Nature articles received over 500,000
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The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) today released a statement on document delivery. In it, STM sets out five guiding principles it believes should be applied in any
View postThomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced its intention to divest its Healthcare business, which has been part of the company’s Healthcare
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A judge in New York has agreed to give lawyers for Google and the book industry more time to decide how to proceed after he rejected their deal to create
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