Authors Guild accuses Google of hurting millions of authors with Library project
A group representing authors in a copyright case slammed Google in court on Thursday, saying the company's book-scanning project has hurt millions of authors...
E-book consumers choosing tablets over e-readers, says BISG Study
E-book consumers’ preference for tablets is accelerating rapidly as dedicated e-readers drop in popularity, according to the Book Industry Study Group’s (BISG) closely watched Consumer...
A-levels not equipping students with appropriate mathematical skills
New evidence shows that A-levels in a range of subjects fail to equip students with an appropriate level of mathematical skills.
This, and research revealing...
Elsevier Appoints New Managing Director for Global Clinical Reference Group
Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has appointed Jim Donohue as Managing Director of the Global Clinical...
Thomson Reuters Announces Definitive Agreement To Sell Its Healthcare Business To Veritas Capital For...
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to...
Wolters Kluwer Expands Its Partnership with Chinese Publishing Industry
Wolters Kluwer, a market-leading global information services company focused on professionals, today welcomed a Chinese delegation with representatives of some of the most prominent...
Wrong OA policy may hurt UK’s publishing industry, says RSC chief
Throwing away one of Britain's few GDP-positive industries by adopting an unsustainable Open Access model would "destroy the fabric of scientific communications", Dr Robert...
Wiley to launch digital publishing operations in Brazil
Wiley Establishes Wiley Brasil Editora LTDA: Global Publisher Seeks Strategic Opportunities with Local Partners to Develop “Digital First” Publishing Operation in Brazil
John Wiley &...
Texas Attorney General Charges Three U.S. Publishers with Antitrust Law Violations, Price-Fixing for E-Books
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 15 state attorneys general today charged three of the nation’s largest book publishers and Apple Inc. with colluding...
Thomson Reuters names Hottest Scientific Researchers and Papers of the year
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters today announced The Hottest Research of 2011, a ranking of the most influential scientific researchers...
National Library of Medicine Awards $67 Million for Informatics Research Training
Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced that...
Gartner Says Worldwide Media Tablets Sales to Reach 119 Million Units in 2012
Worldwide media tablet sales to end users are forecast to total 118.9 million units in 2012, a 98 percent increase from 2011 sales of...