Allen Press and Odyssey Press join forces to offer end-to-end publishing services - May 29, 2008
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, and Odyssey Press, Inc. have announced that they are integrating operations of the two organisations. The initiative seeks to provide competitive end-to-end publishing services to scholarly journal publishers looking for a single source for content… Read More
American Book Company joins NSTA’s sciLINKS programme - May 29, 2008
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has announced that the American Book Company (ABC) has become the latest publisher to join NSTA's sciLINKS programme. NSTA is a professional organisation promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning. ABC will link the pages of 10 of… Read More
Really Strategies and Inera, Inc. announce technology partnership - May 29, 2008
Content provider Really Strategies, Inc., US, and editorial and XML production software provider Inera, Inc., US, have announced a technology partnership that benefits publishers working with XML. RSuite, a browser-based content management system (CMS) from Really Strategies and eXtyles, an integrated suite… Read More
Maney Publishing signs up Accucoms for North America sales representation deal - May 28, 2008
Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has announced that it has been selected by academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, to deliver sales representation services in North America. The exclusive deal will see Accucoms selling… Read More
Microsoft to terminate Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects - May 27, 2008
Software vendor Microsoft Corp., US, is reportedly shutting down the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects. Microsoft will however preserve the Live Search Books and Live Search Academics databases and these will appear in the regular Live web search results. The databases will remain… Read More
New England Journal of Medicine selects Atypon for new integrated content delivery platform - May 26, 2008
Information services provider Atypon Systems, Inc., US, has signed an agreement with the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), to develop a new website for the delivery of the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal Watch professional newsletters. Atypon's experience in providing leading scholarly publishers with… Read More
British Medical Journal Group signs new agreements in Germany and New Zealand - May 23, 2008
Medical publisher The BMJ Group has signed a three year nationwide licensing agreement with the Bavarian State Library on behalf of the German research foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Under the deal, BMJ Journals' content will be made available to universities and other publicly financed research institutions… Read More
Thomson Reuters, Phase2 Technology partner to deliver Calais modules for the Drupal publishing platform - May 22, 2008
Thomson Reuters, a US-based provider of information for businesses and professionals, and web software solutions provider Phase2 Technology, US, have debuted three Calais modules for integration with Drupal. Drupal is an open source content management platform that supports… Read More
MyMedicalRecords.com now available as an integrated service to Google Health users - May 22, 2008
Web-based Personal Health Records (PHRs) provider MyMedicalRecords.com, Inc. (MMR), US, has announced that it is available to Google Health users as an integrated service. The announcement is in conjunction with the recent public launch of Google Health (www.google.com/health). As an integrated service… Read More
SAGE acquires two new medical journals - May 22, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced its continued expansion in medical publishing with the acquisition of the British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease and Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System. Published six times per year, the British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease (BJDVD) explores the relationship… Read More
