National Geographic Learning and Nowa Era expand partnership - May 31, 2012
National Geographic Learning (NGL), part of Cengage Learning, has announced an agreement with Nowa Era, a part of Sanoma, to expand their partnership to include the development of Polish language science and history programmes for primary school. This agreement enables Nowa Era, a Poland-based school publisher,… Read More
Massachusetts Medical Society and Atypon renew contract - May 31, 2012
Atypon, a provider of software to the scientific and scholarly publishing industry, has announced that the Massachusetts Medical Society has renewed their contract with Atypon to continue providing the platform for the New England Journal of Medicine. The New England Journal of Medicine claims to… Read More
Publishing Technology announces new agreements with 10 new scholarly publishers - May 30, 2012
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, has announced agreements with 10 new scholarly publishers, further strengthening its client portfolio and online collections. In a series of recent signings, content from six academic publishers is now open to the ingentaconnect network of over 25,000… Read More
Version 2.0 of Utopia Documents web-enabled PDF reader for scientific content released - May 29, 2012
Lost Island Labs Ltd (LIL) has, in collaboration with Academic Concept Knowledge Ltd. (AQnowledge), released version 2.0 of the Utopia Documents web-enabled PDF reader for scientific content. It is freely downloadable from http://utopiadocs.com and currently available for Mac and Windows, with a… Read More
IPG, Amazon reach agreement on sale of e-book titles - May 28, 2012
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, and books distributor Independent Publisher's Guild (IPG) have reportedly announced an agreement. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move comes three months after Amazon pulled e-book titles off its site from clients of… Read More
Pearson set to acquire GlobalEnglish Corporation for $90 million - May 28, 2012
Print and digital education materials provider Pearson has announced the acquisition of GlobalEnglish from its current ownership group for $90 million in cash. The transaction is subject to approval by GlobalEnglish’s shareholders. Founded in 1997 in California, GlobalEnglish is a provider of cloud-based, on-demand Business… Read More
BA Insight ties up with MuseGlobal to expand offerings via TotalView Applications - May 25, 2012
BA Insight, a US-based provider of integrated search technologies and search-based applications, has announced a partnership with metasearch technology provider MuseGlobal, Inc., US. As a result of the partnership, BA Insight has expanded the number of content sources it can securely integrate into its TotalView Applications.… Read More
SAGE Publications and HighWire renew partnership - May 24, 2012
SAGE Publications, IPG's 2012 Publisher of the Year, has announced the renewal of its strategic partnership with HighWire Press and their electronic publishing organisation. SAGE cited HighWire's versatility, scalability, and the support of its highly capable publication management team as key deciding factors in renewing its… Read More
NPG offers site license access to Spektrum der Wissenschaft - May 23, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, will offer site license access to Spektrum der Wissenschaft, the German-language edition of Scientific American, as well as to Spektrum's sister publications and archives. All titles, available in German, will be hosted on the Spektrum.de platform. Together with Scientific… Read More
ProQuest and Elsevier Health expand medical licensing agreement - May 22, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and Elsevier Health have announced that both companies are expanding their relationship for licensing of the Lancet family of medical journals to include 36 additional acclaimed health science titles from Elsevier in ProQuest’s information products. The new three-year agreement… Read More
