As the start of the 2021-2022 school year approached in August, school superintendents were focused on active learning, engagement and building deep connections, but found that COVID-19 continued to impact schools.
September 13, 2021Enjoy this fast fact from Simba Information’s report, "Open Access Book Publishing 2020-2024"
January 5, 2021No lunch is free, but OA’s price tag has some losing their appetite
December 10, 2020This blog is based on the new Simba Information report "Publishing for the PreK-12 Market, 2020-2021"
September 1, 2020In 2019, it seemed that disruption in the higher education space accelerated. Among the headlines was the potential merger of two of the largest traditional publishers of course materials—Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education—as they seek to improve their chances of surviving the disruption and forging a viable path forward in the changing market.
December 2, 2019Simba Information examines trends surrounding college course materials publishers.
October 2, 2019Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have thrown a curve ball into publishers’ plans for success in the Florida math adoption in 2018, but he also may have done the industry a favor by smoothing out the adoption opportunity over more years, disrupting the peaks and valleys cycle that has plagued the industry for decades.
May 14, 2019Colleges and universities and publishers and bookstores are looking to address the changing course materials needs of college students and faculty.
April 26, 2019Many individual nations and trade groups around the world are examining their copyright laws, so the issues are constantly being debated and negotiated.
March 1, 2019A coalition of European national research institutes’ bold plan to divert the researchers it funds away from publishing results in journals that collect subscription fees would face a tougher path in the U.S. — this was the consensus of a law and policy panel assembled by the Association of American Publishers at its annual professional and scholarly publishers conference.
February 25, 2019