McGraw-Hill Education announces completely reengineered, tablet-friendly interface for ALEKS - April 6, 2015
McGraw-Hill Education, the learning science company, has announced a completely reengineered, tablet-friendly interface for ALEKS® (Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces), an innovative, adaptive learning system that provides an individualised learning experience for K-20 students based on their unique strengths and weaknesses. While the new ALEKS… Read More
Scholarly and professional e-books sales increase 7.7 percent in 2014, will grow an additional 6.9 percent in 2015, says Simba report - March 30, 2015
Scholarly and professional e-books sales increased globally by 7.7 percent in 2014 and will grow an additional 6.9 percent in 2015, according to the latest report from media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information. The report, Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2015-2019, found that, although… Read More
Millennials prefer to read print books to e-books, says new Publishing Technology study - March 27, 2015
Millennials are more likely to read printed books than ebooks, according to new research by publishing services company, Publishing Technology. The survey 'How Millennials Consume Content,' polled 2,000 consumers across the US and UK, aged between 18 and 34. It found that in the last… Read More
Wolters Kluwer launches UpToDate Anywhere in South Africa - March 27, 2015
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer has announced the launch of UpToDate® Anywhere in South Africa. UpToDate Anywhere enables South African hospitals and healthcare organisations to provide clinicians with mobile access to UpToDate, the acclaimed evidence-based clinical decision support resource. Clinician usage of UpToDate nationwide is expected… Read More
Unbound Platform used to create and distribute Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide - March 25, 2015
Unbound Medicine, a knowledge management solutions for healthcare, has extended its digital publishing relationship with Johns Hopkins Medicine through the release of the Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. This new resource was developed by a team of physicians at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Henry Phipps Psychiatric… Read More
Publishing For Digital Minds virtual conference connects nearly a million people across six continents - March 25, 2015
Around The World in 8 Hours, the virtual stream of The London Book Fair's Publishing for Digital Minds conference generated 17.8 million impressions and reached 882,000 users on Twitter alone on March 18. The virtual conference – which was the first of its type mounted… Read More