Category Archives: publishing

EBSCO releases BusinessCore


BusinessCore is an e-book collection designed to meet the research and learning requirements of business professionals. Featuring thousands of full-text e-books, BusinessCore will be updated every month.  Users can print, email and save chapters, or transfer them to e-book readers and mobile devices. 


Topics covered include general management (leadership, project management, business communications and human resources) and specialist subjects such as M&A and ‘green business’.
The collection is available as an annual subscription.

More information via EBSCO.

Thomson Reuters and Dow Jones Indexes’ US Index Data Business


The existing collaboration between Thomson Reuters and Dow Jones is to be expanded.
Reuters’s Elektron has been selected to power Dow Jones Indexes, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Elektron will provide a data solution designed to ensure ‘scalability, robustness and performance’ for Dow Jones Indexes’ real-time US index-data business.
For more information see the press release.

Simba predicts STM publishing trends

Simba Information’s latest report Global Professional Publishing 2010-2011 predicts that the global market for professional publishing will grow by 3% in 2012.
The report analyses the global market landscape for STM, legal and business information, breaking down the key trends by publishing activity, segment growth drivers, market size and market share growth.
Key trends identified in the report include:
  • Open Access is driving experimentation with new pay models
  • Publishers are looking at ways to enhance and add value to content and investing more in software development, search and indexing technology and workflow solutions
  • Publishers are still searching for the right approach to copyright protection
The report, which costs $3195, is available from Simba Information.

Thieme expands ebook library


Thieme, the German STM publisher is to expand its ebook library.
New titles will cover anatomy, dermatology, neurology and toxicology. The website offers users offline viewing and personalised accounts. The ebook library covers every aspect of the medical school curriculum, offering students, researchers and clinicians access to full colour, illustrated textbooks.
More information available from the publisher’s website.

Pearson profits up 72%

Pearson has reported its pre-tax profits in 2011 increased to £1.15bn. E-book sales at Penguin have doubled. Revenues in the FT Group increased by approximately 7%. and profits went up by 27%. In the US, the numbers of digital subscribers to the FT has now outstripped print subscribers.

For more detailed analysis see Guardian.co.uk

Wiley-Blackwell to expand partnership with BERA

STM publisher Wiley-Blackwell has expanded its partnership with the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and will now publish two additional BERA journals.

From 2013, Wiley-Backwell will publish the British Educational Research Journal and the new Review of Education: An International Journal of Major Studies in Education. This new international online only journal will cover major studies, reviews and research syntheses.

Informa and Centaur report digital growth

A feature on PaidContent today reports the improved fortunes of two business information publishers following moves toward digital subscriptions.

Centaur, the publisher of New Media Age and The Lawyer has reported that its digital revenues now make up 32% of its overall revenue. This week, Centaur acquired Profile Group.
Informa (Lloyd’s List and Datamonitor) have reported that 2011’s digital formed 74% of its total revenue in 2011. Informa’s ebook sales were also up (11%) and now make up 12% of its total academic book sales.
For more on this story, read the full PaidContent story.

STM publishing experiences growth

Simba Information has published its latest report on the state of Scientific, Technical and Medical (STM) publishing.

Global STM Publishing 2010-2011 includes

  • Analysis of market size and structure
  • Revenue and market share rankings of leading publishers
  • Detailed profiles of 20 leading STM publishers worldwide
  • Projections for market growth

Key trends identified in the report include:

  • The demand for full-text resources
  • The transition of e-publishing
  • Library cost pressures
  • The use of social networking in STM fields
  • The outlook for pharmaceutical advertising
  • Impact of new information technology initiatives in health care