Ben Brown's Adventure Beyond the Universe - The Return of the Nephilim, is a new fantasy/adventure novel by New Zealand author, Michael Thorp, which pushes back the frontiers of space and science, albeit in the realms of science fiction fantasy.

Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), today announced its partnership with CPA Australia for the publication of the Australian Accounting Review.

Publishers commonly profit from the creative works of their freelance contributors not only in the traditional print format, but increasingly digitally through websites, databases, and multimedia output and through syndication and sales to third parties publishers. More enlightened publishers make provision for this in the contract with their freelancers and pay royalties on such secondary and tertiary practices, but this is not common practice.

Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. today announced that they have formed two new publishing partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region. The world’s largest society publisher will publish Basic & Applied Pathology and Pacific Focus from 2008.

Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., will be launching a new journal, Sports Technology. The inaugural issue will be published in February 2008.

Former US vice president Al Gore will receive a second Quill award today at the third annual event that was created to bring glamour and Oscar-style red carpet extravagance to the world of publishing.

The New York Department of State and Thomson West, a Thomson business, have entered into an eight-year contract to serve as the official publisher of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) and the New York State Register.