Want to write a textbook? Just take one that’s already written and customize it for your class or even for yourself. See this article in today’s New York Times – “Textbooks That Professors Can Rewrite Digitally,” by Motoko Rich. Reportedly, in August, Macmillan will introduce software called Dynamic Books which will allow professors to make [...]
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This is from the Chronicle of Higher Education, February 11, 2010 — The article “New Owner Takes a Shot with Kirkus Reviews.” Herb Simon, owner of the Indiana Pacers, has bought Kirkus Reviews. Simon also owns Tecolote Books, an independent bookstore in Montecito, California. “With the growth of e-books and e-reading devices, no one can [...] Amazon has conceded to Macmillan and will allow the publisher to set prices for its eBooks that are being offered by Amazon. Amazon seems concerned about the impact ot Apple and its new iPad (due out in March) and potential Amazon competitor ibookstore which will allow publishers to set their own prices. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/technology/companies/01amazonweb.html http://www.amazon.com/gp/forum/cd/discussion.html?ie=UTF8&cdForum=Fx20DX5GEB7TUX8&cdThread=Tx2GP89DKWF9TRM Library Journal has posted a page that pulls together much of the relevant information on the Ebsco full rights controversy. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6716858.html?nid=2673&source=title&rid=17202558 Mark Kendall sends word that the following Blackwell representatives will be joining the YBP sales team effective immediately. Kim Anderson, Senior Collection Development Manager and Bibliographer Mike Arnold, Collection Development Manager Crystal Stamps-Etheredge, Collection Development Manager Hannah Bucholz, Collection Development Manager Rex Steiner, Middle East Sales Director Sylvain Robichaud will also be joining YBP as Director of Sales for Canada. More news [...] This Rumor is true: long-time bookseller Scott Alan Smith is pursuing his MLS and is enrolled at the University of Texas, Austin’s iSchool. He’s still working for Alibris, and continues to organize the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge, along with Faye Chadwell, Oregon State University, and Nancy Slight-Gibney, University of Oregon [...] Turns out there is a disagreement between Amazon and Macmillan over charges for eBooks. Macmillan has asked Amazon to raise the price of the eBook from $9.99 to around $15 but Amazon doesn’t agree and Macmillan books have been pulled from Amazon. Macmillan imprints include Henry Holt, Farrar Straus, and St. Martin’s. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/amazon-pulls-macmillan-books-over-e-book-price-disagreement/?th&emc=th What a surprise! Steve Sutton, never to be left behind, he was at netlibrary way back when, remember?, will be joining On Demand Books (www.ondemandbooks.com) as Vice President, Director of University and Library Sales starting February 5th. Wow! Congratulations, Steve. And watch for our interview with Dane Neller, CEO. Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has acquired the assets of Questia Media, Inc., a provider of information and educational resources to students through its questia.com and questiaschool.com products. Questia provides a subscription-based online information service that gives users access to more than 76,000 books from 300+ publishers and millions of articles from journals, magazines and [...] http://www.gale.cengage.com/fairaccess/index.htm I didn’t make it to ALA Midwinter in Boston (broken ankle) but I have heard all sorts of Rumors about an Announcement that was made by Ebsco at the Luncheon during ALA about Ebsco securing the exclusive full text rights to several of the more popular journals. A press release has not yet been issued [...] What news! The innovatively creative Tom Sanville will join LYRASIS as the new Director of Licensing and Strategic Partnerships in April 2010. He will oversee all vendor licensing, programs, and strategic partnerships at LYRASIS, including the management of the electronic resources portfolio and supervision of the implementation of database licensing and other related products and [...] Bob Schatz will become North American Sales Manager for BioMed Central on January 11, 2o1o. BMC, as we all know, is owned by the global publisher Springer Group, which is based in Germany with offices in New York City. Bob will be calling on libraries all over the US and Canada, much as he did [...] The Berlin-based Springer Group, the world’s second-largest STM publisher, has been sold, six years after it was formed by the purchase and merger of Bertelsmann Springer and Kluwer Academic by the British private equity firms Cinven and Candover. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA302416.html The purchasers are EQT, a Swedish private equity fund, and GIC, a private fund backed by the Government [...] From the latest Chronicle of Higher Education comes news that the venerable Kirkus Reviews will be shut down along with Editor and Publisher, Billboard, Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, Adweek, Brandweek, and Mediaweek. And according to Folio, Nielsen Business Media has agreed to sell to Global Media, a new company formed by private equity firm Pluribus Capital [...] |
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