McGraw Hill launches Sharpen app
Textbook publisher McGraw Hill is hoping to appeal to the TikTok generation with its new learning app, Sharpen.
Educational Publishing
School Library Journal cover sparks criticism
A range of librarians and publishing professionals have criticized the School Library Journal for its February 2021 cover.
Links of Interest: January 6, 2021
News Learn more about why Disney isn’t paying authors. Book authors tied to big film franchises stopped receiving checks after Disney acquired Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox. The legal issues are murky. Read Andrew Liptak at Polygon. As educational publishers pivot to digital models to survive, schools find themselves paying more than ever for books. Instead . . … Read more
Higher Education “Takes It on the Nose,” with Years of Difficulty Ahead
As the pandemic creates shortfalls in state budgets, all educational programs face budget cuts, but higher education may get hit the hardest.
Student Pirating Not to Blame for Publishing’s Problems
Higher education publishers continue to experience revenue declines as students seek more affordable purchasing options.
Do Scholarly Writers Want to Self-Publish? Or Is the Question Academic?
Lulu, a self-publishing platform, has created a separate platform for self-publishing academic authors: Glasstree Academic Publishing.
The International Publishers Association: Conscience of the Industry
The International Publishers Association (IPA) may be able to help authors facing copyright issues outside the US.
Another Significant Merger: Follett Acquires Baker & Taylor
On the heels of the Perseus acquisition by Ingram, yet another merger in US book distribution has been announced.
Pearson under Pressure
Pearson PLC, the world’s largest publisher of textbooks, has announced that cuts of 4,000 jobs, 10 percent of its workforce, are on the way.
Book Publishers Pursue Online Education Half-Heartedly, Leaving Lots of Opportunity for Authors to Do Better
It’s been on pundit prediction lists for a while that online education is one of the next biggest publishing growth areas.