Allen Press releases 2013 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals - October 14, 2013
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, has released the 2013 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals. The study, published regularly, summarises historical prices of approximately 200 publications appearing in the Allen Press Buyer’s Guide to Scientific, Medical, and… Read More
Ingram Content Group announces new features and enhancements to VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform - October 14, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., a US-based provider of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced more than a dozen new features and enhancements to its VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform. The updates include software client support in 25 languages, new and improved functionality and… Read More
UNEP announces landmark initiative to digitise publications and official documents - October 14, 2013
The United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that its Division of Communication and Public Information (DCPI) recently launched a trailblazing new project to digitise the organisation's books, reference materials and other publications. The initiative - among the first of its kind in the UN… Read More
Sheridan announces sale of The Dingley Press - October 14, 2013
The Sheridan Group, a print, publishing services and technology provider to publishers of scholarly journals, magazines, books and catalogues, has entered into an agreement to sell its long-run catalogue business based at The Dingley Press in Lisbon, Maine. The Dingley Press will be sold to… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 14, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Seeking a Path toward Open Access for Books); Ernesto Priego (Predatory journals and defective peer review are general academic problems, not just open access problems); Kent Anderson (Link Miser — Why the NLM Links to PubMed Central Versions… Read More
Academic Libraries in England now able to access EBSCO eBooks - October 11, 2013
EBSCO eBooks™ from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has been chosen as an e-book supplier for higher education libraries in England. Members who participate in this joint consortia agreement will be able to select e-books from EBSCO's extensive collection including nearly 500,000 e-books and audiobooks. This agreement… Read More
