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Big Data and MOOCs Herald Change for Academic Publishers

Dr. Dennis Gannon is Director of Cloud Research Strategy in the Connections team at Microsoft Research.

This year’s US Innovations Seminar of the International Association of STM Publishers focused on the impact of data mining, MOOCs and new author/researcher tools.

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PublishNews Brazil: Saraiva Gets New CEO, Book Policies Go Back to Brasilia

Minister of Culture Marta Suplicy and and president of the National Library Foundation (FBN) Renato Lessa

In Brazil, Saraiva gets a new CEO, the Ministry of Culture moves oversite of book policies back to Brasilia, and a university press finds success with free ebooks by its professors.

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Turkey “In All Its Colours” Stars at London Book Fair

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Turkey is the Market Focus of next week’s London Book Fair and the nation is striving to secure 100 deals to translate books into English by the end of the event.

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Children’s Nonfiction Publishing Comes of Age

Lionel Bender

Once an afterthought, children’s nonfiction publishing is experiencing a revolution, especially in the US, where the segment grew by 5% in 2012.

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SXSWedu: 5 Considerations for Ed Tech Startups

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The growing field of education technology was on display at this year’s SXSWedu conference in Austin. Here are some tips for entrepreneurs who want to break into the market.

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Are Students Entitled to Forego Buying Textbooks Because of Price?

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A high percentage of college students don’t buy required textbooks because of their high prices. But if you don’t buy the books, why even attend class?

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Digital Textbooks: Publishers and the Unrealized Promise

Michael Boezi

Legacy publishers will say they can’t produce high quality digital textbooks affordably, but that’s not the issue. They don’t want to, says competitor Flat World Knowledge.

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PublishNews Brazil: More Megastores Opening, Workers Get Book Vouchers

The dragon hanging over the interior or Livraria Cultura in Sao Paolo

The dominant Brazilian bookstore chains continue to open new megastores, the government is issuing 18.8m workers vouchers to spend on books, and Abril Educação is prepping its IPO.

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Should Kids’ Textbooks Avoid the Israeli-Palestinian Relationship?

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A study of Palestinian and Israeli textbooks found not bigotry so much as a ‘lack of information about the religions, culture, economic and daily activities of the other.’

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What is Delaying Widespread Adoption of Digital Textbooks?

Apple's iBooks Author app

It is widely acknowledged that the e-textbook market is yet to fulfill its promise and potential. Why do adoption levels remain so low?

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