In Fight Over Academic Publishing House, Fear of Corporate Values - The Chronicle of Higher Education

"When Ashgate Publishing was bought last summer by Informa, a large corporation, some academics feared for its future. What would happen to the family-owned publishing house, which had spent four decades building a reputation for social responsibility and close relationships with its authors? In November those fears started coming true. According to a Change.org petition called "Save Ashgate Publishing," Informa has shuttered Ashgate’s U.S. office, putting several editors out of their jobs. There are rumors that their counterparts in England might soon suffer a similar fate. "Academic presses are more than profit margins, income from the backlist, utility bills, payroll, and marketing campaigns," wrote the petitioners, who have collected 7,000 signatures online."

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