Dear Subscribers - December 10, 2008
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US buyout firm may buy Reed Elsevier’s publishing unit - December 9, 2008
Media Company Reed Elsevier, UK, is close to selling its publishing unit Reed Business Information (RBI) to private equity firm Bain Capital for $1 billion, according to media reports. Bain moved into the lead after rival private equity group TPG recently pulled out of the bidding… Read More
Springer set to publish Fisheries Science - December 9, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it is set to publish Fisheries Science, the official journal of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science, starting January 2009. Dr. Toshio Takeuchi of the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology will serve as editor-in-chief. The journal, previously… Read More
Scitation unveils C³ online publishing platform with XML content server - December 9, 2008
Scitation, the online hosting platform of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), and 30 scientific and technical publishers formally introduced the C³ development initiative at the recently concluded Online Information 2008. The programme, which began over a year ago with the release of Web 2.0-enabled abstract… Read More
‘EMBO Journal’ introduces transparent reviews, increased character limits - December 9, 2008
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), Germany, has announced key editorial changes for the EMBO Journal, an international journal that publishes the latest advances in molecular biology. The planned changes are expected to benefit authors in three ways - more transparency through online publication of editorial… Read More
Ingram Digital, McGraw-Hill partner to bring advanced learning tools to Latin America - December 9, 2008
Digital content services provider Ingram Digital, US, and information services provider McGraw-Hill Companies, US, have announced that both companies will work together to bring e-books and the advanced learning tools they offer to Latin American students and teachers in colleges, universities and… Read More
