Researchers hitting Elsevier paywall up to 10,000 times a day
Researchers at German universities are hitting Dutch journal publisher Elsevier's paywall up too 10,000 times a day, reports Nature. Over a year after a number of German universities announced they would...
Swedish universities cancel contract with Elsevier
Swedish universities have decided not to renew a contract with Dutch journal publisher Elsevier, reports Times Higher Education. The Bibsam Consortium, which represents 85 higher education and research institutions in...
Pearson, Elsevier to create ‘next generation’ digital education content with Inkling
In the US, educational publishers Pearson and Elsevier have signed agreements with software platform Inkling to create ‘next generation’ digital education content, reports Publishers Weekly. Inkling specialises in creating multimedia...
Sales and profits grow at Elsevier in 2011
International publisher Elsevier has recorded a two percent increase in underlying sales and a four percent increase in underlying operating profit for 2011. In its latest financial results, available online...
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Elsevier Australia launches online ordering system ‘Virtual E'Elsevier Australia has announced the launch of a new online stock ordering system called Virtual E. ‘The sophisticated B-to-B portal allows bookstores to...
Revenue slightly down at Elsevier
The chairman of Reed Elsevier Jan Hommen has hailed a ‘year of significant achievement and strategic development' for the multinational, despite revenue from Elsevier textbooks dropping £18 million pounds to...
Reed to sell magazine division
The Anglo-Dutch media group Reed Elsevier has announced plans to sell its £1b (A$2.04 billion) business magazine division, Reed Business Information (RBI). Details of the sale--which will include the US publishing...
New MD for Elsevier Australia
Rob Kolman has been appointed as the managing director of Elsevier Australia. Kolman comes to Elsevier Australia from Reed Business Information (RBI) in The Netherlands, where he was responsible for...
Houghton Mifflin to buy Harcourt US
The US schools publishing businesses of Harcourt have been sold to competitor Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep for US$4 billion (A$4.4 billion). The purchase concludes the sale by Reed Elsevier of Harcourt Education, following...