EBSCO Publishing has purchased NISC, Inc. NISC databases include Family & Society Studies Worldwide, Gender Studies Database, Woman’s Studies International, and Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide. Many of the databases acquired from NISC are already available on EBSCOhost and several others will soon migrate to the EBSCOhost platform.
www.ebscohost.com/academic.

Swets has completed the acquisition of Boekhandel E. Frencken B.V., the Dutch based book and journal seller. According to the conditions of the acquisition agreement, the business name Boekhandel E. Frencken B.V. will change to Frencken Information Services B.V., keeping the reputable Frencken name and continuing to offer the same level of service from its location in Eindhoven. Boekhandel E. Frencken B.V. handles books and subscriptions for businesses, institutions, and municipalities in the Netherlands and elsewhere for more than 50 years. In addition to maintaining the family-branded name, Mr. Frencken and his son, Mathieu, will remain with the company and continue to run and operate their business in Eindhoven. The 28 full-time staff currently employed by Frencken will also remain in their existing positions. Boekhandel E. Frencken B.V., based in Eindhoven just across from the PSV Football stadium, was founded in 1951 by the parents of the current director, Mr. Eugène Frencken. The bookseller which was at first mainly aimed at private sales has become more and more specialized in commercial supplies of books and subscriptions.
http://www.swets.com

ABC-CLIO and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt have announced an agreement granting ABC-CLIO a perpetual license to use
the imprints and publish the titles of Greenwood Publishing Group,
including Greenwood Press, Praeger Publishers, Praeger Security
International and Libraries Unlimited. In addition, Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt will transfer certain assets, including copyrights,
contracts and inventory, of Greenwood Publishing Group to ABC-CLIO.
This agreement is effective immediately.
http://www.abc-clio.com.
http://hmhpub.com