IEEE approves dozens of standards and standards-development activities
IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced dozens of new, revised and reaffirmed standards and standards-development projects. Detailed information...
ACS Publications and CAS jointly launch Reference QuickView
ACS Publications and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the information divisions of the American Chemical Society (ACS), announced jointly today the introduction ofReference QuickView, a...
A Push Grows Abroad for Open Access to Publicly Financed Research
Researchers, publishers, and librarians have spent a lot of this year firing up the longstanding debate over access to published research. You've probably heard...
Allen Press, Inc., Releases 2012 Study on Scholarly Journal Pricing
Allen Press, Inc., publisher and printing services provider, has released the 2012 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals (http://allenpress.com/resources/education/jps).
The study, published regularly,...
Wiley to Sell Travel Publishing Program to Google
On March 7, 2012, John Wiley & Sons, announced that it intends to explore opportunities to sell a number of its consumer print and digital...
Cengage Learning announces appointment of new CEO
Cengage Learning, a leading global provider of teaching, learning and research solutions, today announces the appointment of Michael Hansen to the position of Chief...
The American Psychological Association to deploy Editorial Manager for 70+ journals
Aries Systems has announced that the American Psychological Association has selected Editorial Manager for manuscript submission and peer review of 70+ journals.
According to Susan...
Ron Mobed, appointed as CEO Elsevier Science & Technology
Reed Elsevier today appointed Ron Mobed as CEO of Elsevier. In his new capacity Mobed is responsible for all business units and shared services...
Google to pay $22.5 million to settle FTC charges on misrepresentation to Safari users
Google Inc. has agreed to pay a record $22.5 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented to users of...
New BISG Policy Statement Endorses EPUB 3
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG), a leading U.S.-based trade association representing the entire book supply chain, announced today the publication of a new...
Amazon’s eBook publishing surpasses print sales in UK
For the first time, Amazon's U.K. eBook sales are outpacing its print sales, the company announced.
The company's unaudited figures demonstrated that so far this...
E-Book Consumers Diversify Their Format Preferences, Says New BISG Study
E-book consumers are becoming more diverse in their format preferences, says the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)’s closely-watched Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading report. The third...