- by Daniel Granderson
- January 5 2021
- books
- open access books
- open access journals
- publishing
Did You Know...Open Access Book Publishing Edition
Enjoy this fast fact from Simba Information’s report, "Open Access Book Publishing 2020-2024"
- by Dan Strempel
- December 10 2020
- books
- monographs
- open access books
- open access journals
- publishing
Cost of Open Access Book Publishing Goes Under the Microscope
No lunch is free, but OA’s price tag has some losing their appetite
- by Kathy Mickey
- September 1 2020
- academic publishing
- education market
- k-12
- K-12 products
- prek-12
- prek-12 market
- publishing
Simba Expects K-12 Industry to See Some--but Low--Growth by 2023
This blog is based on the new Simba Information report "Publishing for the PreK-12 Market, 2020-2021"
- by Kathy Mickey
- December 2 2019
- academic publishing
- education
- publishing
The Changing World of College Course Materials
In 2019, it seemed that disruption in the higher education space accelerated. Among the headlines was the potential merger of two of the largest traditional publishers of course materials—Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education—as they seek to improve their chances of surviving the disruption and forging a viable path forward in the changing market.
- by Kathy Mickey
- October 2 2019
- academic publishing
- education
- education market
- instructional materials
- publishing
- teaching materials
- textbooks
Are College Course Materials Publishers Paying the Price for Changing Strategies?
Simba Information examines trends surrounding college course materials publishers.
- by Kathy Mickey
- May 14 2019
- education
- education market
- k-12
- k12 math
- K-12 products
- math
- publishing
Takeaways from 2018 Instructional Materials Adoption Can Inform Expectations in 2019
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have thrown a curve ball into publishers’ plans for success in the Florida math adoption in 2018, but he also may have done the industry a favor by smoothing out the adoption opportunity over more years, disrupting the peaks and valleys cycle that has plagued the industry for decades.
- by Kathy Mickey
- April 26 2019
- academic publishing
- books
- education
- publishing
- scholarly publishing
Publishers and Institutions Give Inclusive Access a Try
Colleges and universities and publishers and bookstores are looking to address the changing course materials needs of college students and faculty.
- by Dan Strempel
- March 1 2019
- Professional Publishing
- publishing
- scholarly publishing
Threats to Copyright Protections Seen As “Existential”
Many individual nations and trade groups around the world are examining their copyright laws, so the issues are constantly being debated and negotiated.
- by Dan Strempel
- February 25 2019
- journal
- open access journals
- publishing
Panel: Europe’s Open Access Plan S Unlikely to Sway U.S. Policy
A coalition of European national research institutes’ bold plan to divert the researchers it funds away from publishing results in journals that collect subscription fees would face a tougher path in the U.S. — this was the consensus of a law and policy panel assembled by the Association of American Publishers at its annual professional and scholarly publishers conference.
- by Dan Strempel
- February 19 2019
- mobile technology
- publishing
- technology
After a Rough 2018, Big Tech Now Under the Microscope
In many ways 2018 was the year big tech finally took it on the chin. Publishers who have wrestled with big tech’s influence on their business for years took notice.
