- 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.
- by Karen Meaney
- August 22 2018
- education market
- educational technology
- k-12
- K-12 products
- publishing
K12 Inc. Investments Point to Interest in Digital Learning and Workforce Readiness
K12 Inc., manager of virtual schools and provider of online learning resources, in August made a $9 million investment in STEM Premier to help grow the online community that links current and future workforce talent with organizational recruiting needs in a variety of career fields.
- by Dan Strempel
- July 11 2018
- journal
- open access books
- open access journals
- publishing
Five Reasons Why Publishing Science for Profit Endures
Elsevier, Springer Nature, John Wiley & Sons and Informa have fended off the advent of preprint article repositories, open access journals, funder mandates, boycotts and big deal library subscription cancellations.
Here are five reasons why these leading companies continue to endure...
- by Kathy Mickey
- March 19 2018
- academic publishing
- education
- publishing
Reducing the Cost of College Course Materials
Higher education publishers and distributors are ramping up their efforts to change the way college students acquire and access course materials, increasingly with the support of institutions and faculty.
- by Dan Strempel
- October 24 2017
- Professional Publishing
- publishing
- STM
- technology
Artificial Intelligence Set for Big Role in Scientific & Technical Publishing
Intelligent technology one day becoming ubiquitous, leaving us all jobless and at the mercy of machines, is a notion deeply rooted in science fiction for most people. But truth is sometimes stranger than science fiction.
- by Karen Meaney
- October 17 2017
- education market
- instructional materials
- prek-12 market
- publishing
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Builds Executive Team
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt appointed new executives in October who will report directly to president and CEO Jack Lynch.
- by Noah Miller
- February 22 2017
- publishing
- scholarly publishing
- STEM
- STM
Why STM Publishers Care About Dynamic Publishing
Publishers in the STM (Science, Technology, Medicine) field already use today’s huge advances in computing power, analytics, and big data to synthesize answers to users’ questions using sources in real time. This process is called dynamic publishing, and it’s the next big thing in STM online services according to Simba Information’s new report, STM Online Services 2016-2020.
- by fpierre@marketresearch.com
- August 23 2016
- prek-12
- courseware
- students
- prek-12 market
- publishing
- books
- classroom
- technology
New! Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2016-2017
Publishing for the PreK-12 Market 2016-2017 provides the most up-to-date business information not only on the impact of recent changes in education policy but on the emergence of new technologies and the new applications for traditional technology (print) in the school market. The updated annual report provides the most recent comprehensive overview of the U.S. school market and the instructional materials providers that serve it.
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