London Book Fair official Market Focus handed over from China to Turkey - April 19, 2012
The London Book Fair, the British Council, the General Administration for Press and Publication (GAPP) and the Turkish Ministry for Culture and Tourism formally inaugurated Turkey as Market Focus for 2013 in an official handover ceremony on the final day of the fair. The official… Read More
College faculty prefer print textbooks to digital version, says BISG study - April 18, 2012
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) recently conducted the 'Faculty Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education', a survey of college faculty perceptions toward classroom materials. The survey found that professors continue to equate their own and their students' successes in the classroom to the use of… Read More
ACP JournalWise makes it easier for internal medicine physician members to keep up to date via mobile, web or desktop - April 18, 2012
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released ACP JournalWise, a personalised, mobile-optimised updating service for clinical articles from a large number of medical journals. Updated daily and available on smartphone, tablet, or desktop, ACP JournalWise screens articles in every issue of over 120 journals… Read More
McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets unveils mobile app for design professionals - April 17, 2012
McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets, a US-based provider of building product information for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) community, has developed and launched a new mobile app. The app is said to enable design professionals to search and download specs, CAD, BIM, catalogues and data sheets more… Read More
MarkLogic Webinar to discuss how search and Big Data can be leveraged for data analysis and delivery - April 16, 2012
Enterprise software firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, will host a free webinar 'The Top 3 Ways to Uncover Value in Your Big Data' on April 17, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. (PT)/11:00 a.m. (ET). The webinar will look at how Big Data Search can simplify operations by… Read More
Publishing CEOs to debate current business models at London Book Fair - April 16, 2012
The London Book Fair is to hold a conference, 'The Great Transformation: 2012 Is Our Business Model Sustainable?' on April 17 at the LBF Conference Centre. The conference will discuss topics ranging from concept to consumer, etail to retail, warehouse to webstore, and global to granular.… Read More
