Day 3: Frankfurt Book Fair highlights - October 10, 2014
The fifth edition of StoryDrive will celebrate the heroes in and behind the story. Speakers include Cyber-Philosopher Alexander Bard, Publisher Michael Bhaskar, Best-Selling Author Reif Larsen, script writer Stefano Bises and many more. Perspectives in Education: "Across Boundaries – an Education Melting Pot": CEOs of various international educational publishing… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 – Day 2 highlights - October 9, 2014
On the second day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, EDP Open, the Open access arm of EDP Sciences, released the results of a survey to appraise attitudes toward Open Access amongst learned society publishers. The survey was answered by 33 Learned societies and results were further… Read More
Submissions open for The London Book Fair International Excellence Awards 2015 - October 9, 2014
The London Book Fair (LBF), in association with The UK Publishers Association (The PA), has announced that submissions are now open for the LBF International Excellence Awards 2015. Entries for the awards need to be registered online via the LBF website by January 9, 2015. … Read More
Springer overhauls SpringerMaterials to make the new site more user friendly - October 9, 2014
STM publisher Springer's signature materials database - SpringerMaterials - has got a total overhaul to make the new site more nimble and user friendly. Changes are far more than cosmetic as the entire site has been migrated to the same technology as… Read More
Mobile phone reading on the rise in the US and UK, says Publishing Technology study - October 8, 2014
An increasing number of people are now using their mobile phones to read ebooks, a survey by Publishing Technology has revealed. The survey of 3,000 consumers across the US and UK found that 43 percent have read an ebook, or part of an ebook, on… Read More
CAS and Obiter Research collaborate to provide SciFinder to scientists at Obiter Research - October 8, 2014
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, has announced a collaboration with Obiter Research, a custom contract chemical research and manufacturing company. Under the deal, CAS will provide SciFinder, the choice for chemistry research, for the Obiter research staff,… Read More
