News: academic

Bloomsbury's academic and professional revenue leaps by 13%

Bloomsbury’s results for the year ending 28th February 2019 show “outstanding performance” in the academic and professional division with a 13% increase in revenue growth,... Read more

Springer Nature calls on publishers to adopt new OA role

Springer Nature’s chief publishing officer Steven Inchcoombe has proposed a new approach to research publishing, which will see publishers move from being “passive enablers” of open access to... Read more

Wiley to buy Knewton

Wiley is to buy courseware and adaptive technology provider Knewton. Read more

McGraw-Hill details 'significant' savings after Cengage merger, including job cuts

A report for investors issued by McGraw-Hill has said that $285-$370m in annual cost savings over three years has been identified across McGraw-Hill and Cengage, when they form... Read more

JS Group to close nine campus bookshops to develop Aspire scheme

JS Group will develop specific online book stores for universities as it closes nine campus shops in a bid to focus on its Aspire schemes... Read more

Print book buying squeeze in US libraries to continue, Anderson tells IPG

Academic libraries in the US are buying fewer and fewer print books, and that trend is only going to continue, the University of Utah's Rick... Read more

McGraw-Hill/Cengage merger creates major textbook competitor

The merger of education publishers McGraw-Hill and Cengage will create the sixth largest publisher in the world with a combined 2018 revenue of $3.22bn: $1.597bn for... Read more

McGraw-Hill and Cengage to merge

Education publishers McGraw-Hill and Cengage are to combine in an all-stock merger on equal terms. Read more

Digital Science invests in AI platform Writefull

Holtzbrinck technology company Digital Science has invested in Artificial Intelligence-based language platform Writefull, the company's first significant investment in AI. Read more

Pearson defends digital strategy as protests greet AGM

Pearson’s bosses have defended the company’s digital strategy, as the firm’s AGM was met by protesting teachers and shareholders frustrated by a lack of return on their... Read more

Pearson records 2% revenue increase in first quarter

Pearson has announced a 2% increase in underlying revenue for the first quarter, with the company confirming its guidance for the year. Read more

Pearson pays tribute to employee killed in Sri Lanka bombings

Pearson c.e.o. John Fallon has paid tribute to employee Dieter Kowalski, who was killed in the Sri Lanka bombings on Easter Sunday. ... Read more

CUP in OA partnership with University of California

Cambridge University Press has entered into a three-year transformative agreement with the University of California (UC), in what is said to be UC's first such... Read more

Springer Nature publishes its first machine-generated book

Springer Nature has published its first machine-generated title, a chemistry book offering an overview of the latest research in the rapidly growing field of lithium-ion... Read more