2008 Publishing Trends news
Canada, Australia and New Zealand plan book coalition
Publishers from Canada, Australia and New Zealand will pursue closer cooperation between their three English-language markets.
Cambridge University Press picks Rightslink
16 October 2008
Cambridge Journals has chosen Copyright Clearance Center's Rightslink to help its readers obtain copyright permissions to share and distribute published materials directly from content pages online.
Springer buys BioMed Central
9 October 2008
Springer is acquiring the open-access publisher BioMed Central.
Bloomsbury buys Berg Publishers
25 September 2008
Bloomsbury Publishing is buying the academic publishing company Berg Publishers
Society for General Microbiology renews Charlesworth's contract
23 September 2008
The Charlesworth Group has retained its contract for he typesetting and manufacturing of all Society for General Microbiology (SGM) journals.
EMpact helps Royal Society in Korea
19 September 2008
The Royal Society has chosen EBSCO's EMpact Sales to help promote its science journals in Korea.
Bentham Open signs Portico deal
18 September 2008
Bentham Open will preserve its open-access e-journals in Portico.
WebMD buys QualityHealth.com
16 September 2008
Health information provider WebMD Health is acquiring QualityHealth.com and its owner, Marketing Technology Solutions.
ALPSP awards publishing prizes
15 September 2008
ALPSP has announced the winners of its 2008 awards.
New open-access imprint launches
9 September 2008
A new academic imprint, Bloomsbury Academic, is aiming to have about 50 open-access titles by the end of 2009.
Other categories
2008 Archive
IOS Press picks EMpact
9 September 2008
Liverpool University Press picks Manuscript Central
2 September 2008
Survey examines challenges for scholarly societies
2 September 2008
ACM signs with EMpact to increase journal sales
30 August 2008
ebrary signs new publishing partners
29 August 2008
NRC-CISTI launches NRC Publications Archive initiative
15 August 2008
Emerald opens North American office
14 August 2008
Oxford Journals deposits NIH-funded articles into PubMed Central
12 August 2008
ASCO signs agreement with Accucoms
22 July 2008
ALPSP announces finalists for annual awards
22 July 2008
New common policy for science journals
20 July 2008
NISO/ALPSP committee releases best practices publication
15 July 2008
Boston Ventures buys Oakstone Publishing
14 July 2008
Emerald encourages recycling of past publications
14 July 2008
Wolters Kluwer Health and Amirsys enter new agreement
13 July 2008
NPG to archive on behalf of authors
9 July 2008
ALPSP surveys digital preservation
5 July 2008
BMJ Group selects Manuscript Central for new website
5 July 2008
Charlesworth Autoproof system integrated with Aries Preprint Manager
4 July 2008
The Geological Society of London chooses Accucoms
2 July 2008
Elsevier makes agreement with Portico
2 July 2008
E-book survey highlights trends in digital textbook adoption
1 July 2008
Ingram Digital selected by Princeton University Press
1 July 2008
EMpact signs agreement with AK
28 June 2008
Tizra partners with CDC
28 June 2008
Inspec reaches 10 millionth article
27 June 2008
Elsevier to contribute millions of articles to CrossCheck
27 June 2008
ebrary partners with Ambassador
24 June 2008
Proquest buys Dialog
16 June 2008
Wiley-Blackwell signs new national backfile licences
15 June 2008
DAREnet integrates with scientific information portal NARCIS
15 June 2008
Convera to build vertical search application for IOP
15 June 2008
Competition prompts information innovation in life-sciences
8 June 2008
Wiley chooses LibreDigital
7 June 2008
New Nielsen figures published
6 June 2008
SAGE buys CQ Press
1 June 2008
Ingram acquires assets of Audiofy Corporation
31 May 2008
Bentham picks EMpact for sales
29 May 2008
Springer assists Heron Island Research Station
28 May 2008
Springer and CNKI sign agreement
20 May 2008
Australian Academic Press reaches preservation agreement
20 May 2008
CourseSmart selects Ingram Digital
19 May 2008
OUP titles available through MyiLibrary platform
13 May 2008
Elsevier Health Sciences CEO to retire
12 May 2008
Nature.com wins Best Science Website of 2008
12 May 2008
Free access to biomedical journals
25 April 2008
New developments for NPG
24 April 2008
Accucoms signs deal with ASN
19 April 2008
Science goes online via SwetsWise Online Content
3 April 2008
Co-founder of Skype invests in Versita
29 March 2008
ASA selects Atypon Systems
28 March 2008
CAS works with Wikipedia
25 March 2008
SAGE's eReference platform receives award
25 March 2008
Accucoms signs up AMA and AAP
24 March 2008
The Institution of Civil Engineers selects PCG
19 March 2008
Berg Publishers wins e-publishing award
15 March 2008
Ingram Digital announces new eBook agreement with ALPSP
15 March 2008
National Library of the Netherlands backs up Portico
11 March 2008
Jan Velterop leaves Springer
10 March 2008
Wiley-Blackwell and JoVE to produce online video publications
2 March 2008
JISC initiative adds content from smaller publishers
25 February 2008
SAGE wins award for best platform
13 February 2008
Berg journals available for UK academic institutions
12 February 2008
The Royal Society partners with HighWire Press
10 February 2008
Charlesworth signs national online deals in China
8 February 2008
MPS and Copernicus Publications sign new contract
7 February 2008
SAGE eReference available for UK colleges and universities
5 February 2008
Springer and Max Planck Society reach agreement
3 February 2008
OCUL expands resources with Springer eBooks
1 February 2008
Emerald expands portfolio
25 January 2008
Wiley and Swets announce OnlineBooks partnership
25 January 2008
Elsevier acquires Edra
24 January 2008
Swets and Innodata Isogen sign outsourcing pact
8 January 2008
Money-saving collaboration between American university presses
7 January 2008
30 millionth DOI for CrossRef
7 January 2008
Digital imperative brings more publications online
7 January 2008
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