The three-year proposal agreed to by Amsterdam’s Elsevier and the ‘JUSTICE’ consortium in Tokyo promotes open access in Japan.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Online: Our Publishing Perspectives Talks 2020
The trio of Publishing Perspectives Talks this year brings together some of the sharpest players in their respective sectors for agile debate.
Richard Charkin: A British Publisher at Harvard Business School
Almost 30 years ago, another Cambridge was where Richard Charkin learned about ‘the need to see things through others’ eyes.’
Coronavirus Worklife: Elsevier’s Michiel Kolman in Amsterdam
Since the COVID-19 onset, Michiel Kolman says, Elsevier’s workforce has found a new sense for its work’s importance–and for belonging.
Coronavirus: International Publishers Make COVID-19 Research Content Freely Available
Research houses and scholarly publishers and associations are pooling their content for professional and public access free of charge.
International Publishers Association Events at the 2020 London Book Fair
The International Publishers Association is engaged in several presentations at London Book Fair on diversity, copyright, and the freedom to publish.
Richard Charkin: On Memory Lane
‘Walking past former offices brings back fond—and sometimes not so fond—recollections,’ Richard Charkin writes, ‘of old times.’
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.
Industry Notes: Elsevier Contributes Book Aid’s Millionth Volume, Simon Restructures Touchstone
The Za’atari Camp in Jordan is part of Book Aid International’s refugee outreach, supported by Elsevier and other publishers. And Simon & Schuster’s Touchstone goes to the Atria and Gallery Books lists.
Industry Notes: Canada’s PRH Gets a Female CEO; Sweden’s Universities End Elsevier Contract
The global chief of Penguin Random House names Kristin Cochrane to the role of CEO in Canada. And in Sweden, the national universities’ and research consortium says it can’t get the open-access arrangements it needs from Elsevier.