From: richard <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:15:00 +0100

Is this a precedent?

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/isu-press-merges-with-blackwell-science-inc/article_f78b1e64-8496-5902-9db8-95783ae6f0ce.html

Richard

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From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:56:47 +1000

No Saskia I can’t think of any examples. The only thing that is sort
of along these lines that I can think of is the buying of Knowledge
Unlatched by a for-profit company.

Danny

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On 28 Aug 2019, at 01:04, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Saskia de Vries <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:14:53 +0000

http://www.guygeltner.net/blog/2582019unusual-business-a-university-press-goes-private-and-no-one-is-the-wiser

As founder and previous director of Amsterdam University Press I am stunned
...
Has any of you ever heard of the privatization of a university press?
Saskia de Vries