The University of Cambridge and the 10 campuses of the University of California enter a major new agreement in open access, as Ontario-based Book Depot acquires the American publisher Kidsbooks.
AAP’s 2019 Professional and Scholarly Conference: ‘Mission Critical’
At the Association of American Publishers’ PSP conference on scholarly and professional publishing, speakers will address data security, licensing, AI, and leadership.
AAP Announces 2019 PROSE Award Category Winners, Board Officers
The 48 subject category winners of the 2019 PROSE Award cycle from the Association of American Publishers will yield four top category titles and an overall winner.
Cambridge University Press Announces New Content Sharing Platform
Cambridge University Press launches a selection of journals in its Core content sharing program, which offers subscribers read-only links.
Scholarly Publishing: The University of Bristol’s New Press Stands on Policy
At the UK’s newest university press, key points of campus-based publishing emerge: ‘You’ve just got to be really clear about why you’re innovating.’
University Press Week: When the Mission Isn’t Money
University Press Week is a celebration of the nonprofit, content-driven nature of university presses, which allows them to take more risks than for-profit publishers
‘Draw That Roadmap to the World’: The Philippines’ Karina Bolasco
‘Our publishing industry is complex and vibrant,’ says publisher Karina Bolasco, who speaks on October 18 as The Philippines’ analyst in Frankfurt Book Fair’s The Markets: Global Publishing Summit.
Grant Funds New University Press Discovery Platform
A Mellon grant is funding UPScope, a new visual discovery platform for long-form scholarly platform from the Association of American University Presses.
University Press Tech Innovation and Artistry on Display at AAUP
Among the innovative new tech on display at the annual AAUP meeting were new tools for annotations and publishing open access monographs.