From: Stephen Barr <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:11:19 +0000 The circumstances of these transactions vary a lot, but historical precedents in the UK include the purchase of the Open University Press by McGraw Hill in 2002, and the purchase of the original Aberdeen University Press by Pergamon in 1978. Stephen 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 ******* 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 Dr Danny Kingsley Scholarly Communication Consultant e: [log in to unmask] m: +61 (0)480 115 937 t:@dannykay68 o: 0000-0002-3636-5939 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