The Ed Victor literary agency has formed a link-up with United Agents for the handling of film, television and theatrical rights.

Charlie Campbell from Ed Victor and Georgina Lewis for United Agents will head up the arrangement under the director of EV Ltd chairman Ed Victor and St John Donald, the managing director of UA.

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Five academic publishers are trialling a pilot programme with the US-based Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provider Coursera.

Cengage Learning, Macmillan Higher Education, Oxford University Press, Sage and Wiley are experimenting with offering Coursera students versions of their e-textbooks, delivered via a DRM-protected e-reader...

The implications of Open Access for libraries will be debated in Westminster at an event hosted by the Libraries All-Party Parliamentary Group.

The date of the debate has yet to be confirmed, but it will include MPs and representatives from the library, publishing, university and academic fields.

Annie Mauger, chief...

Penguin has moved Andrew Phillips over to become c.e.o. of self-publishing business Author Solutions.

Phillips, who has worked for the Penguin Group for over 10 years, currently as president of Delhi-based Penguin International, will succeed current c.e.o. Kevin Weiss. Weiss is to take up a new position to be announced separately next...