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Cambridge University Press Ltd.

Company Overview

Cambridge University Press, Ltd. publishes and distributes academic and educational writings. It offers journals, textbooks, monographs, and practitioner guides, in various subjects, including medicine, law, literature, and classics. The company provides English language teaching books and resources, as well as electronic products. It also offers academic products and dictionaries online, as well as provides bibles. In addition, the company offers rights to translate books to foreign languages and permissions for extracts from books. It offers its products internationally. The company was founded in 1534 and is based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

The Edinburgh Building

Shaftesbury Road

Cambridge,  CB2 8RU

United Kingdom

Founded in 2002

Phone:

44 1223 312 393

Fax:

44 1223 315 052

www.cambridge.org/uk/

Key Executives

Chief Executive Officer and Director
Chief Financial Officer and Director
President of Americas and Director
Managing Director of Asia-Pacific and Director
Managing Director of Academic & Professional and Director
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2009.

Key developments for Cambridge University Press Ltd.

Cambridge University Press to Layoff 150 Workers

Cambridge University Press Ltd. announced that 150 people are to be made redundant to keep the business viable. Unions said they would protest over the job losses affecting 130 people in the printing section and 20 in publishing, while the CEO said that a number of options had been explored to find ways to increase profitability.

Cambridge University Press Cuts 160 Jobs

Cambridge University Press Ltd. is planning to axe nearly 160 jobs. The university said the cuts had been proposed partly in response to advances in technology.

Cambridge University Press Ltd. Partners with Ebooks Corp. to Launch Institutional Ebook Library Service

Cambridge University Press Ltd. Partners with eBooks Corp. to Launch Institutional Ebook Library Service. In response to the growing demand for digital re-sources from academic institutions, Cambridge University Press will launch its own ebook product, Cambridge eBook Collections, in December. The initial release of Cambridge eBook Collections, available to Asia Pacific only, will include specialist collections of humanities, science and business ebooks.

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