Gordon and Breach publish over 250 journals and approximately 100 books each year.
Taylor & Francis, academic journal and book publishers for more than 200 years, will apply their experience to the Gordon and Breach journal publishing programme to ensure that the excellent academic content is made available to the academic community in a more predictable and manageable manner.
Historically, Gordon and Breach have employed a system which has enabled them to publish academic research papers as they are received, but the variable flow of papers in any given year has lead to a lack of certainty of cost for the subscriber. In addition, volume start dates have not necessarily been linked to calendar years.
It is Taylor & Francis’ intention to review the entire publishing programme in order to:
Establish the number of pages, issues and volumes in a given year
Publish volumes on a calendar year basis
Establish a fixed annual subscription price so that there is no need for supplementary billing
Consider the current and future pricing strategy
Establish online availability of all possible titles
These proposed changes are designed to alleviate any of the problems that the library community, in particular, may have experienced, and to enhance the overall quality of service to subscribers. It is hoped to implement these strategies as early as possible beginning in 2002.
Commenting on the acquisition, Anthony Selvey, Chief Executive of the Taylor & Francis Group, said:
Since its flotation in May 1998, Taylor & Francis has acquired five publishing groups adding over 650 journals and enlarging our book lists by more than 10,000 titles. All of these acquisitions have been earnings enhancing in the first full year, demonstrating our ability to identify, acquire and integrate complementary businesses.
The acquisition of such a complementary portfolio of journals and books further strengthens our position in many of our core subject areas and extends the base from which we can continue to build the Group organically. The purchase of G&B is consistent with our strategy of expanding our scientific, academic and professional book and journal publishing through acquisition as well as organic growth.
