Ingram Content Group and Springer sign agreement on a new US distribution services model - October 12, 2010
Ingram Content Group Inc., US, and STM publisher Springer have announced a new integrated distribution services model that combines traditional physical book fulfillment with single-copy print-on-demand solutions for Springer's entire Americas publishing programme. Starting in the first quarter of 2011, Ingram Content Group will fully manage… Read More
IPA General Assembly elects YoungSuk - October 12, 2010
The General Assembly of the International Publishers Association (IPA) has elected publisher YoungSuk "Y.S." Chi as IPA President for a renewable two-year term. There were also a large number of new appointments to IPA's Board. The announcements were made during a meeting in Frankfurt on October… Read More
Co-Action Publishing and Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books launch new OA title - October 12, 2010
Open access (OA) scholarly publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, and the Norwegian Institute for Children's Books have announced the launch of a new peer reviewed Open Access title, Nordic Journal of ChildLit Aesthetics (BLFT. Barnelitterært forskningstidsskrift, in Norwegian). The journal will be free to read and free… Read More
Knowledgespeak’s exclusive interview with Keith MacGregor, EVP, Scientific and Scholarly Research, Thomson Reuters, at the Frankfurt Book Fair - October 11, 2010
Knowledgespeak interviewed Keith MacGregor, Executive Vice President, Scientific and Scholarly Research, Thomson Reuters, on Thursday, October 7, at the Frankfurt Book Fair. When asked about his views on making content available in mobile format and the initiatives Thomson Reuters is… Read More
Mark Logic, Swets make presentations at Frankfurt Fair, Thomson launches Book Citation Index - October 11, 2010
On Day 4 at the Frankfurt Book Fair, US-based information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation made a presentation on how publishers are using MarkLogic Server to speed the creation of information products. Used by publishers such as McGraw Hill, Springer… Read More
‘Scientific American’ is media sponsor for US Science & Engineering festival - October 11, 2010
Science magazine Scientific American has announced that it is a media sponsor for the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival, which opened October 10, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The Festival reportedly represents a collaboration of 500 of the nation's leading science organisations culminating with a two-day… Read More
