Today In Book Publishing
June 5, 2019 at 10:21 am
Hanover, PA — Akadémiai Kiadó is relaunching their AKJournals publishing program―60+ peer-reviewed STM titles―on Sheridan PubFactory’s online hosting platform. Balázs Réffy, CEO, Akadémiai Kiadó said: “As the most prestigious STM publishing organization in Central and Eastern Europe, we are driven to invest in our scientific communities and in technologies that enable us to increase global…
May 14, 2019 at 9:22 am
CJK Group will make Thomson-Shore’s Dexter, Mich., production facility a warehouse and offered jobs to roughly formerly 100 workers.
May 8, 2019 at 4:07 pm
New York, NY (May 6, 2019) – The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has published a white paper on “Exploring Open Access Ebook Usage”. The paper, co-authored by Brian O’Leary (BISG) and Kevin Hawkins (University of North Texas), is the product of an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded project, “Understanding Open Access Ebook Usage: Toward A…
May 2, 2019 at 10:49 am
McGraw-Hill and Cengage announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger on equal terms. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies, will bring together two premier learning companies that will deliver significant benefits for students, educators, professionals and institutions worldwide.
April 25, 2019 at 12:17 pm
Peter Schaefer, a principal at New Direction Partners, and Mark Michelson, editor-in-chief of Printing Impressions, predict how the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Div., will rule on the pending acquisition of LSC by Quad. They also discuss — assuming the deal gets finalized — how it will ultimately impact the book printing landscape.
January 28, 2019 at 2:37 pm
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March 28, 2019 at 9:28 am
Less than half of the existing workforce will be rehired should CJK Group ultimately acquire Thomson-Shore’s assets.
March 14, 2019 at 10:13 am
They argue that Quad’s acquisition of LSC would make it the monopoly provider in the long-run magazine and book printing businesses.
January 31, 2019 at 11:33 am
Fresh Meadows, NY, January 29, 2019 – DCL, an industry leader in structured data and content transformations, and The New York Public Library (NYPL) have completed the initial phase of a project to digitize and organize historical records of the United States Copyright Office, making those records searchable and increasingly accessible. The first phase of the project—which supports the…
January 31, 2019 at 11:38 am
New York, NY (January 23, 2018) – Open Road Integrated Media (OR/M) vastly expanded Open Road Ignition (Ignition), its marketing services program for publishers. Grounded in revenue-share partnerships, Ignition delivered a 156% increase in revenue across all partner titles in the program. In 2018 over 30 publishers signed on to the program delivering over 6,100 titles. The program…
