The BMJ celebrates 20 years online - May 28, 2015
The BMJ was the first general medical journal to launch a website and will celebrate its 20th anniversary on May 28 by reuniting the three digital pioneers who launched their online presence. Launch editor Tony Delamothe and former editor Richard Smith discuss the website's early… Read More
BISG names Mark Kuyper as new executive director - May 28, 2015
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) announced that Mark Kuyper, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA), has been hired as the organization's new executive director. Kuyper will join the organisation June 15. Kuyper has spent nearly thirty years working… Read More
Aries Systems partners with Overleaf to allow authors to submit manuscripts directly to thousands of journals - May 28, 2015
Aries Systems, a solutions provider for scholarly publishers, partners with Overleaf, an online LaTeX and Rich Text collaborative writing and publishing tool. This new agreement between Aries Systems and Overleaf will allow authors to directly submit manuscripts created in the Overleaf platform to the thousands of… Read More
FBF acquires minority stake in IPR License Ltd - May 27, 2015
The Frankfurt Book Fair (October 14-18, 2015) has announced a significant investment in IPR License, the global rights and licensing trading platform. The deal will see FBF take a minority shareholding in IPR License Ltd. The two companies will align to embark on a strategic sales,… Read More
The Institution of Engineering and Technology and Editage partner to offer pre-submission editing and language services for IET journal authors - May 27, 2015
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Europe's leading publisher of world-class digital and print engineering & technology content, and Editage, an English-language editing and publication support services provider, have announced a partnership to provide discounted English-language editing services to authors submitting to the IET portfolio… Read More
SciELO and ReadCube partnership to enhance scholarly articles - May 27, 2015
Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) has announced the integration of ReadCube Connect's Interactive PDF viewer for over 285 scientific journals and over 280,000 articles of the SciELO Brazil collection. ReadCube Connect combines the familiar, print-like layout of PDFs with interactivity and a… Read More
