Information and publishing services provider Ingenta, UK, a division of Publishing Technology plc, recently announced that 16 new publisher clients have chosen the IngentaConnect digital publishing service. Several are launching online publications for the first time, which is seen to indicate the continuing growth of the e-publishing sector and the increasing power of the digital imperative. Those publishers who are moving to IngentaConnect from a competitor service reportedly cite the platform's ability to grow their audience and deliver global exposure with its large share of the library market. Sixteen current clients are also extending their electronic publishing partnerships with Ingenta for another three years.
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), which is launching its first online publishing presence, has chosen IngentaConnect. Ingenta will provide data conversion and enhancement, secure online hosting, access and authentication and content discoverability management for IMarEST's three journals. Other new clients include Agricultural University of Szczecin; Essential Oil Consultants SARL; Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society; Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques; International Journal of Engineering Education; Oxford Business Group; Society for Underwater Technology; and The Society of Indexers.
Existing clients extending their contracts include Berg Publishers, which will add two titles to its IngentaConnect-hosted collection of social science journals, and Bentham Science Publishers. Bentham expects to capitalise on Ingenta's high traffic to grow advertising revenues for 200 new open access journals.
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