Polestar, the UK’s largest independent printing company and a specialist producer of academic books and journals, is going into administration, putting 1,400 jobs at risk. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press has been crowned Publisher of the Year once again at the Academic Book Trade Conference awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'I completely disagree with the phrase "publish or perish," says one voice in academic publishing. So what does the digital disruption disrupt? The post Publish or Plug In? Debating Academic Books and Digital Dynamics appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW talks to Daniel Berze, senior v-p of academic publishing for Glasstree, who says the traditional scholarly publishing model is broken—and self-publishing can help fix it. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford-based Christian publisher Lion Hudson has gone into administration, it has been confirmed by the company's appointed administrators, business advisory firm FRP Advisory. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amid the plethora of new models for academic publishing comes Glasstree, a DIY offering from US self-publishing company Lulu.com. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Maynard Keynes’ The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (Palgrave Macmillan), a book about economic policy, is the academic book that has most influenced modern Britain, according to a public vote. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A list of "Academic Books that Shaped Modern Britain", events organised by Blackwell's, Springer Nature, Cambridge University Press and many others, and the unveiling of the Academic Bookshop of the Year award will mark Academic Book Week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new US administration under Donald Trump could make things "very, very much worse" for authors, according to campaign group Authors United. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lulu officials say that Glasstree, its new online publishing platform dedicated to academic and scholarly authors, will provide a suite of online tools and services to distribute works more cost-effectively. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The best thing any leader can do is simply to listen,' outgoing Wiley research executive vice-president Philip Carpenter says as he reflects on his academic publishing career. The post Wiley’s Philip Carpenter Looks Back on a Career in Academic Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Threats and opportunities were considered by leading figures from academic publishing at Thursday’s panel discussion on Brexit. The post The Implications of Brexit for the UK Academic Market appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has defended the importance of bookshops on university campuses in the wake of the University of Leicester Bookshop being threatened with closure. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A letter to the senior management of Yale University Press strongly criticising the decision of Yale University Press London to make editors Gillian Malpass and Sally Salvesen redundant has been signed by more than 320 academics from 77 universities and 30 museums and institutions across nine... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingram Content Group has launched Ingram Academic Services. It is the first joint initiative following Ingram's purchase of the Perseus distribution business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The CEO of Peter Lang, an international publishing group, is now one of six owners pivoting the company to face outward from Bern. Four years ago, she says, the company was 'very good at hiding.' The post A Swiss Academic Powerhouse Steps Onto the World Stage appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As sales of print books stabilize, book manufacturers are seeking to grow their revenue by offering warehousing and distribution, as well as editorial and other publishing services. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New book from Sir Brian Vickers claims the revisionist movement that believes the Bard shortened the text himself is mistakenAs the world celebrates the 400th anniversary of his death, battle lines are quietly being drawn in the world of Shakespeare scholarship over the text of King Lear.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Soft sciences and business/economic titles led imports to China between 2010 and 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The aphorism “information wants to be free,” coined by entrepreneur Stewart Brand in 1984 at the inaugural Hackers Conference, has come to serve as a shorthand justification for an ideology that would remove all unjust barriers to information access. And information has rarely been more... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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