'Encouraging' results for Cengage Learning (EMEA)

Cengage Learning (EMEA) Ltd, whose parent company Cengage Learning Inc emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings in the US in the spring, has reported turnover of £34.1m in the nine months to 31st March 2014, with a profit after tax of £4.8m. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook uses machine learning to fight child exploitation

Today, Facebook's Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, published a blog post outlining how the social network fights child exploitation. The company uses standard industry practices, such as requiring users to be 13 years or older, using photo-matc... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: IPA Election Results; McIntosh Combines Crown and Random House

In organizational and corporate changes this month, the International Publishers Association's elections refresh committees while Penguin Random House US repositions Crown Publishing. The post Industry Notes: IPA Election Results; McIntosh Combines Crown and Random House appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2018: Cengage CEO Michael Hansen on the Company's Digital Switch

This fall, Cengage introduced Cengage Unlimited, a new digital subscription service. Does this mean the textbook's days are numbered? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cengage Reaches Deal in Suit Over Subscription Service

The company has reached an agreement with two of its authors who had filed a suit alleging that the educational publisher's Cengage Unlimited subscription service will improperly cost them sales and royalty payments. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Soft Fiction Sales Result in Decline in Mid-September

With fiction sales falling in both the adult and juvenile segments, total sales of print units slipped 1% in the week ended Sept. 23, 2018, compared to the similar week in 2017, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto reports 'encouraging' first half, but cuts jobs and closes Minneapolis office

Quarto has reported an "encouraging" trading performance for the first six months of 2018, including a group revenue rise of 12% year-on-year to $56.2m (2017: $50.2m) and an improved gross profit margin of 50.1% (2017: 48.2%). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith annual results will be 'in line with expectations'

W H Smith has said it expects it’s annual results to be "in line with expectations" when they are released in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Penguin Random Opens Education Site, Cengage Unlimited Provided by Two Campuses

A new Penguin Random House site for educators markets curriculum-relevant titles from both the frontlist and backlist. And two programs are providing tens of thousands of Cengage's new subscription to students. The post Industry Notes: Penguin Random Opens Education Site, Cengage Unlimited... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding Books for Teaching Social and Emotional Learning

Children’s publishers tell us about some of their recent efforts to market and promote books that encompass SEL themes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Social and Emotional Learning in the Field

A number of teachers and librarians share some of their favorite and most effective ways of incorporating social and emotional learning into their lessons. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Power of Social and Emotional Learning

We spoke with educators and librarians from the Metro Nashville Public Schools district about how they’re helping students cope with crisis. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CASEL’S Core Competencies of Social and Emotional Learning

The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning has devised a framework that highlights the five Core Competencies of social and emotional learning and includes some of the various methods for teaching them. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cengage responds to subscription lawsuit

Cengage has responded to a federal lawsuit claiming its forthcoming US subscription service, Cengage Unlimited, will cost authors in sales and royalty payments. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cengage Answers Lawsuit Over New Subscription Service

In a court filing, the publisher denies that its new subscription service will improperly cost its authors sales and royalty payments. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alexa, What Have Publishers Learned About Working With Smart Speakers?

Smart speakers such as the Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomePod are close to becoming ubiquitous consumer products. They are now in nearly 50 million homes and a number of publishers have recognized their potential for some time. Now, there is growing roster of publishers that are getting... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Q&A: New Hearst Magazines President Troy Young on what he's learned and what's next

Hearst Magazines on Wednesday promoted its digital chief, the hard-charging Troy Young, to succeed the high-polish David Carey as president. Young, who previously cleaved the magazines' digital operations from print, will now oversee both digital and print for a portfolio of brands including... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cengage Unlimited Signs the University of the Southwest to Its New Subscription Model

The first-announced institutional contract for the Cengage Unlimited subscription model for its digitally delivered college curriculum course materials has been signed for the 1918-1919 school year by New Mexico's University of the Southwest. The post Cengage Unlimited Signs the University of... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook claims subscription test results are ‘promising’ so far, though still small

The platform said that people were 17 percent more likely to subscribe through Instant Articles versus publishers’ standard mobile web links. The post Facebook claims subscription test results are ‘promising’ so far, though still small appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Swiss news publisher NZZ built a flexible paywall using machine learning

The publisher grew registered users by 40 percent to 600,000 last year using machine learning and A/B testing. The post How Swiss news publisher NZZ built a flexible paywall using machine learning appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley Overcomes Soft Publishing Results to Finish FY18 Strong

Revenue fell 2% in John Wiley's publishing division in the fiscal year ended April 30, compared to fiscal 2017. However, increases in the company's other two groups led to a 5% increase in sales and a 16% gain in earnings for the entire company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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