Books & Publishing

Scott McLemee reviews Vice, Crime and Poverty by Dominique Kalifa.

A Norwegian consortium has signed a new kind of subscription deal with Elsevier that includes open-access publishing -- a first for the publisher. But the new rights come at a cost.

Scott McLemee reviews Nicholas Wolterstorff's Religion in the University.

Scholars say they thought a journal was run on Western standards of free expression, but they found Chinese government control instead.

Author discusses new book on the impact of the mass shooting and how survivors tried to honor the dead and prevent future tragedies.

Herb Childress's new book is a painful, necessary read for anyone looking to understand or empathize with the costs -- human and otherwise -- of higher ed's gig economy.

Scott McLemee reviews Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction by Judith Grisel.

Scott McLemee reviews some of the many books coming out this spring and summer with the term in the title or clearly hinted at as the focus.