Wiley to acquire publishing-software company Atypon

John Wiley & Sons announces the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Atypon, a $120 million publishing company based in Silicon Valley. Atypon is a technology partner that enables scholarly societies and publishers to deliver, host, enhance, market and manage their content on the web. The transaction between the two publishing majors is expected to close on October 01, 2016. Mark Allin, president and CEO of Wiley says Atypon offers an outstanding set of publishing solutions that can help industry participants like Wiley drive the discovery of research.