The Gale-Bodleian Libraries partnership is in its second year of Asia-Pacific research into digital humanities fellowships.
Cengage Announces a Termination of Its McGraw-Hill Merger Agreement
The two major educational publishers announced an all-stock merger a year ago, but ran into regulatory issues and criticism around market dominance and pricing.
Authors Guild Says Cengage Failed to Renegotiate Contracts
The Authors Guild’s new statement sees unsettled business between Cengage Unlimited and authors over the publisher’s new usage-based royalty payments.
Industry Notes: Wattpad Jumps to 80 Million Users, Cengage Sued Again
Wattpad cites a 10-million-person rise in worldwide monthly active users. And Cengage faces another court challenge to its subscription model.
Cengage and McGraw-Hill Merge, Hansen Leads Company
Anticipating a combined pro forma cash revenue of US$3,157 million, the new entity will take McGraw-Hill’s name, the deal expected to close by early 2020.
Cengage Cites First Full Academic Year of ‘Unlimited’ as a Success
Education content subscription model Cengage Unlimited has sold more than one million subscriptions since August 2018, according to preliminary data from Cengage.
Industry Notes: US Beta for ‘Wattpad Next’; Cengage Subscription for Missouri
A ‘fast follow’ is planned for Spanish-language regions for Wattpad Next payments, now beta-testing in the USA. Cengage Unlimited adds another university.
Industry Notes: Penguin Random Opens Education Site, Cengage Unlimited Provided by Two Campuses
A new Penguin Random House site for educators markets curriculum-relevant titles from both the frontlist and backlist. And two programs are providing tens of thousands of Cengage’s new subscription to students.
Cengage Unlimited Signs the University of the Southwest to Its New Subscription Model
The first-announced institutional contract for the Cengage Unlimited subscription model for its digitally delivered college curriculum course materials has been signed for the 2018-2019 school year by New Mexico’s University of the Southwest.
When Rights Are Alleged To Be ‘Trampled’: Authors Sue Education Publisher Cengage
How are authors’ contractual rights with a publisher best handled when the house rolls out a digital subscription offer and promises that its entire content library will be on offer that way? An authors’ lawsuit of Cengage is calling the question.