Re: Mac advocacy again: Springer changes to Mac

Tim Smith wrote:
In article <wJ6dnfn0GsGd1O3VnZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Steve de Mena <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What "National Enquirer"-type magazine does Springer Verlag publish?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild-Zeitung

Bild is tabloid in style, although actually broad*** in size. It is the best-selling newspaper in Europe and has the seventh-largest circulation worldwide.[citation needed] Its motto, prominently displayed below the logo, is unabhängig, überparteilich (independent, nonpartisan). Bild's nearest English-language stylistic and journalistic equivalent is often considered to be The Sun in the UK - the second highest selling European tabloid newspaper - with which it shares a degree of rivalry

That's published by Axel Springer AG, a newspaper company started by Axel Springer in the 1940's. Springer Verlag is a publisher of academic books and journals started in 1842 by Julius Springer. Those two Springers, and those two companies, are unrelated.

Springer-Verlag was bought by a couple investment groups in 2003 and merged with a Dutch academic publisher those groups also bought. They are the biggest publisher of science and medical books in the world (5500 new books a year), and second biggest publisher of journals (1900 journals--number one publishes 2000 journals).



Verlag is german for "publisher" so its an easy mistake to make. I think it is pointless to bring up the fact that that actual company name publishes some other type of book.

Steve
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