Books & Publishing

Author discusses his new book “on expanding the impact of academic research in today’s world.”

Seeking sustainable new revenue streams, 16 major university presses have partnered with a for-profit publishing house to sell digital versions of their annual front-list collections.

Academics prefer to read and cite final published versions of journal articles instead of prepublication works, publisher's survey finds.

As COVID-19 forced professors to embrace digital texts, they were likelier to know about -- but not to use -- free, openly licensed materials. Progress was greatest at colleges that promoted OER, especially minority-serving ones.

University of California system secures a landmark open-access deal with publisher Elsevier. Some university librarians hail the agreement as a breakthrough, but others worry about possible long-term impacts.

Author discusses her new book on how to use design thinking to change community colleges.

For authors seeking guidance on how to reuse their previously published material appropriately, resources are limited -- and problematic, argue Cary Moskovitz and Aaron Colton.

When it comes to which person convicted of a crime should have their work published or not, none of us are in a position to draw the lines between them, argues Adam Szetela.