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Scholastic buys English-language publisher in Singapore
Scholastic has purchased Learners Publishing, a Singapore-based publisher who produces English-language learning materials, reports Publishers Weekly. Shane Armstrong, president of Scholastic Internat...
Apple releases iBooks update, self-publishing app
Apple has released a new version of its iBooks application for iPad and a new self-publishing application, which together will allow Apple users to self-publish multimedia ebooks through the iBookstor...
BISG recommendations announced
The Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) has recommended the timetable for retention of territorial copyright in Australia be reduced from 30/90 days to 14/14 days in its final report to the Federal Go...
Campion Ed acquires majority share in EdSoft Interactive
Campion Education has acquired a majority shareholding in educational technology supplier Edsoft Interactive. Campion managing director James Cathro told the Weekly Book Newsletter that Edsoft Interac...
Russell to retire from Wiley; Gray to take on new position
John Wiley & Sons Australia has announced that Lucy Russell, general manager for higher education, will retirement from the company in April 2012. The publisher said in a statement that Chris Gray...
2011 CLL Educational Publishing Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2011 New Zealand Copyright Licensing Limited Educational Publishing Awards were announced in Auckland on 17 November. The winning and highly commended titles in each of the categori...
Glover elected to AEP board
New Zealander David Glover is the first non-American to be elected to the board of the US-based Association of Educational Publishers (AEP). Glover is the chief executive officer of New Zealand educat...
2010 CLL Educational Publishing Awards shortlist announced
The shortlist for the inaugural Copyright Licensing Ltd Educational Publishing Awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Best Book or Series in Primary PublishingFigure it Out: Stati...
University of Adelaide to replace textbooks with iPads
The University of Adelaide's Faculty of Sciences has announced that it will provide all first year students in 2011 with a free iPad in a move to replace traditional study materials with online learni...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins closes ANZ market for International Editions, replaces with US edition
Educational publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Australia has discontinued selling International Editions (IE) of 33 of its titles in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) in order to ‘re...
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