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Last week at the Frankfurt bookfair sponsored Contec digital conference , John Wiley & Sons CEO Steve Smith made it clear that not only...

As you probably know, the case regarding re-importation into the US of books sold in another country which was brought by John Wiley & S...

The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Judge, Jury & Executioner - Copyright Law www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Ful...

A repost from July 13, 2006.  A still relevant post regarding the evolution of the textbook.  As I have mentioned before, I believe educat...

University of California at Berkeley professor Dr. Pamela Samuelson in The Chronicle from a few weeks ago on Copyright reform and the creati...

Getting to be a recurring story: Pearson buys a language learning company this time Global English located in California.  Pearson paid $90 ...

Is the cloud the future to revolutionizing education?  Gordon Freedman in the Chronicle proposes some interesting ideas ( Chron ): The pro...

I was in London all week where I had a terrific London Book Fair and met many new publishers and partners which accounts for the lack of pos...

John Wiley released their annual results this week.  From their press release : Management Commentary "Growth in STMS and Global Edu...

Looks like I only missed three editions this year: Week 51: ChromeBooks, Durrell eBooks, Hitchens & Dogs, Unbound & Vogue We...

Rehash originally published August 30th, 2006: Some recent examples suggest that print books continue to be the format of choice for coll...

Wiley released their fourth quarter and full year results yesterday. From their press release: Revenue for the fiscal year 2008 increased 3...

From the John Wiley conference call ( transcript ) yesterday, CEO Will Pesce summarized their results as follows: Year-to-date revenue of $1...

The Bookseller (UK) is reporting that Rene Olivieri who was responsible for the integration and merger of the Blackwell business into Wiley...

Wiley reported first quarter revenue of $389 million an increase of 48% from $263 million in the previous year. The revenue growth included...

Deal News: Thomson Learning Sale said to Encourge Share Buy-Back: Globe Publishing: About Book Reviews Sections: HuffPo One Billion E-Books ...

If you have the cash to invest in publishing company why not go for the best one. Which in my opinion would be Pearson. With Thomson Educat...

Given all the hype about private equity interest in publishing and media it is interesting that two huge deals come somewhat out of the blue...

In the office this week we got on a discussion about how books are represented on social sites like myspace and game sites like secondlife. ...