Publishing news

Cambridge University Press has appointed Brigitte Shull as senior vice president for academic publishing in the Americas

Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, has teamed up with Springer Nature to support BioMed Central and SpringerOpen authors in openly sharing their supplementary data.

Figshare is now hosting additional files from more than 300 BioMed Central and SpringerOpen journals. This new service to authors and readers is aimed at:

Scholarly publishing company HighWire Press is to acquire Semantico, a provider of technology and services for the scholarly publishing market. Highwire says the acquisition will bring it an increased capacity for technological innovation, a broader range of publishing expertise, and a more powerful range of products.

Following the success of the founding University Press Redux conference, ALPSP has announced that it will now be partnering with presses to deliver the event every two years

Overleaf, a provider of scientific writing and publishing tools, has announced a partnership with Cambridge University Press

Organisers of London Book Fair are inviting applications and nominations for its Academic and Professional Publisher Award

Ringgold and Publisher Solutions International (PSI) have signed an agreement that will enable both companies to provide services based on the power of combining Ringgold's Identify Database and PSI's IP Registry

Lettie Conrad has been confirmed as the new North American editor of the Learned Publishing journal