Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University speaks out on Elsevier and Open Access
One of the most significant indications that academic publishing is a broken system is the fact that, periodically, major institutions and academics—secure and well-funded and with nothing in particular to… Read more »
Prison Reform Trust says book ban “motivated by political considerations”
Late last year, the British Ministry of Justice unveiled a series of striking new rules to the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) scheme, which regulates what privileges prisoners are allowed… Read more »
The legendary Story Magazine lives again
In 1931, the husband-wife team of Whit Burnett and Martha Foley founded a literary magazine, and a legend was born. Publishing the likes of J. D. Salinger, Truman Capote, Gertrude… Read more »
“Wait, ‘Gravity’ grossed HOW MUCH? Yeah… I definitely wrote that one.”
The author of a novel titled Gravity has decided that her book was, in fact, the inspiration for the film and she’d like credit for that. Yes, credit in the… Read more »
Searching for Cervantes; scientists in Spain use radar to find his centuries-old grave
When Miguel de Cervantes died in 1616, he was penniless and his body was full of bullets. As Jorge Sainz at The Associated Press explains, although Don Quixote was a success,… Read more »
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