In 'my first statement' on the ruling blocking the PRH-S&S merger, Markus Dohle says the court order is 'a very unfortunate part of the political agenda.'

In the United States, Judge Pan rules against the merger of trade book publishers Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster.

Less than two years after passing the 1,000th open-access book milestone, Springer Nature now has 2,000 open-access book titles.