News: academic

Dawkins tops poll of inspiring science books

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins has topped a public poll of the most inspiring science books of all time.... Read more

Andreou swaps Knopf for Harvard University Press

George Andreou has been appointed as director of the Harvard University Press after 27 years at Knopf. Read more

Kudos partners with ReadCube on SCN pilot

Research communications platform Kudos is to run a pilot programme aimed at helping find ways to tackle the issue of copyright infringement on scholarly collaboration... Read more

Birkbeck to run major peer review study

The University of London's Birkbeck has been awarded a $99,000 (£76,00) grant from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation for an academic peer review project which... Read more

Library supply deals worth millions awarded

Accreditations for significant library supply contracts worth millions of pounds have been awarded, with Blackwell’s, Dawson and the JS Group among the winners.... Read more

Children's author sparks debate on school visit etiquette

Children’s authors have debated the opportunities and perils of school visits on Twitter after writer Maz Evans shared advice for schools. Read more

OUP posts 3.3% turnover rise

Oxford University Press has reported turnover up 3.3% on a like-for-like basis at constant currency rates, at £847.4m, for the year ending 31st March 2017. Read more

Glover joins Rowman & Littlefield International

Ben Glover is leaving Insight Guides to join academic publisher Rowman & Littlefield International as sales and marketing director. Read more

Bloomsbury signs up to new 'Spotify for textbooks'

A new company which describes itself as “Spotify for textbooks” has signed up more than 7,000 titles from Bloomsbury. Read more

Publons and Springer Nature's SharedIt on ALPSP Innovations shortlist

Publons and Springer Nature’s content-sharing initiative SharedIt are both on the shortlist for The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2017.... Read more

Bol.com's Ropers to take Haank's role at Springer Nature

Springer Nature c.e.o. Derk Haank [pictured] is to retire from his role by the end of the year, with bol.com c.e.o. Daniel Ropers taking on... Read more

Anthony Burgess 'lost' works to be republished by MUP

Manchester University Press is re-releasing "lost" works by Anthony Burgess, the author of A Clockwork Orange, in new editions to mark the centenary of his birth.... Read more

TEF results upset the higher education industry

A new assessment of teaching quality has reportedly sent “shockwaves” through the traditional higher education hierarchy. Read more

University of Derby launches Peregrine Publishing

The University of Derby has launched an in-house publishing imprint, Peregrine Publishing, which will be partly run and administered by its own postgraduate and undergraduate publishing students.... Read more

‘Group action needed to safeguard the academic book’, warns report

Publishers and academics must work together to solve the problems that have led to rising book numbers, but falling sales per title, before the viability... Read more