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Authors and Cengage Settle In for a Fight Over Subscription Product
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by George H. Pike
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Two Cengage authors have filed a federal class action lawsuit against the company, claiming that Cengage Unlimited violates the authors' publication contracts. They see Cengage Unlimited as a way for the company to shift its financial challenges onto the backs of the authors by creating a model that greatly reduces their royalty income.
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Kudos Unveils Results of New Shareable PDF Service
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Kudos published the results of the first 6 months of its new Shareable PDF (S-PDF) service, which gives researchers the ability to add context to their work (in the form of bibliographic information, plain-language summaries, etc.). ...
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LexisNexis Helps Law Firms Track Billable Hours in Real Time
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LexisNexis introduced the Time Matters Go app, a mobile timekeeping solution that integrates with its Time Matters case, client, and document management software.
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Cloudtenna's DirectSearch Speeds Up Search Across Applications
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Cloudtenna, a software startup, launched "to address the growing problem of file sprawl with enterprise file search that works universally across [on-premises] repositories, cloud file storage services, and hosted/online applications." ...
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RedLink Updates Remarq
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RedLink released a new version of the Remarq scholarly collaboration network, which now has the option for profiles to be discoverable through major search engines; [and] the option for posting customizable post-publication reviews. ...
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APA to Look for Open Science and Methodology Chairperson
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The American Psychological Association (APA) created an open science and methodology chair. The chairperson, who will be recruited by the APA's Publications and Communications Board this summer, will "work with [the APA's] authors, reviewers, editors and publications board. ..."
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What's New With Amazon
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Amazon has had a busy 2018 … well, it's always busy. It's Amazon. The president has continued to complain about the company, and Gizmodo speculates that his executive order calling for a review of the U.S. Postal Service's practices is another way to attack Amazon. There are reports of employee mistreatment, questionable (loose) associations with Breitbart and the National Rifle Association (NRA), and more controversies: pressuring its tenants in Seattle, ignoring scams in CreateSpace, and mismanaging the Kindle Store.
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