News: academic

Edinburgh University Press breaks £4m sales revenue mark for first time

Edinburgh University Press’ book sales were up 6% on the previous year with sales revenue surpassing £4m for the first time, its latest financial results show. ... Read more

PA backs filing against Maryland law forcing publishers to license library e-books

The Publishers Association and the Federation of European Publishers have voiced their support for the Association of American Publishers’ challenge of an “unprecedented, unjustified” Maryland... Read more

'Remarkable' Brontë collection and other works saved for nation after £15m campaign

A ”remarkable" collection of manuscripts and printed books by the Brontës and other writers has been saved for the nation following a successful £15m fundraising... Read more

Springer Nature teams up with Egyptian Government on 'landmark' deal

Springer Nature and the Egyptian Government have agreed a “landmark” deal to drive forward open research and ensure Egyptian research achieves greater global visibility. ... Read more

Springer Nature plants 10,000 trees to celebrate Open Access milestone

Springer Nature will fund the planting of 10,000 trees – one for every employee — over the next year in north-east India's Khasi Hills to celebrate becoming... Read more

McCune secures SAGE's future by passing control to trust

SAGE Publishing founder and owner Sara Miller McCune has made good on her long-standing pledge to pass control of the company to an independent trust.... Read more

Wiley buys Open Access firm Knowledge Unlatched

Education publisher Wiley has acquired Open Access service provider Knowledge Unlatched for an undisclosed sum. Read more

Clarivate's $5.3bn purchase of ProQuest completed

Scientific and academic analysis firm Clarivate has completed its acquisition of US information and technology company ProQuest for $5.3bn (£4bn). Read more

E-book campaigners dismayed as Pearson raises prices by 500%

Pearson’s average library e-book prices are going up by 500% in a move criticised as “completely unacceptable” by campaigners. Read more

Hachette UK buys education publisher John Catt

Hachette UK has bought John Catt Educational for an undisclosed sum in a deal that sees it become part of Hodder Education Group. Read more

University presses report robust year despite challenges of the pandemic

University presses have had to adapt to the challenges brought on by Covid-19 and delays in the supply chain but many are making the most... Read more

Princeton University Press moves to Oxford

Princeton University Press’ European office has moved from the town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, to Banbury Road in Oxford. Read more

Cambridge Dictionary crowns 'perseverance’ as 2021 word of the year

Cambridge Dictionary has announced "perseverance" as its Word of the Year 2021, after a spike of searches as NASA’s Perseverance Rover made its final descent to... Read more

Sutton appointed chief exec at STM

The International Association for Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has appointed Dr Caroline Sutton as the organisation’s new chief executive officer.... Read more

Edinburgh Napier University to license the IPG Skills Hub

Publishing students at Edinburgh Napier University are to receive access to the Skills Hub of the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) as the organisations enter into a new... Read more