From: Scott Stangroom <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:05:56 -0400 My guess is the private equity firm will become overleveraged and then bail once they've taken their plunder from Springer. Among other things, it looks like they're counting on, quote: "high-growth areas such as open access publishing", for future profit. Talk about putting lipstick on a pig. Scott Stangroom Acquisitions Coordinator University of Massachusetts, Amherst W.E.B. Du Bois Library Acquisitions Dept. Amherst, MA 01003-9275 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:12 -0400 See the newest about Springer, 3.3B euros - headed not to an IPO but to a private equity firm: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/springerscience-sale-idUSL5N0EV0Q720130619 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-19/bc-partners-to-buy-springer-science-for-4-4-billion.html Any tea leaves to be read here? What might one expect form the "new" Springer? Ann