RSC to take Gold for Gold open access initiative global in 2013 - December 11, 2012
The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that it is now rolling out its 'Gold for Gold' open access (OA) initiative worldwide. This follows a successful pilot in the UK. 'Gold for Gold' was launched in July this year, as an innovative experiment to… Read More
BioMed Central unveils semantically enriched search tool, Cases Database - December 11, 2012
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central has launched a new semantically-enriched search tool, Cases Database, which aims to enhance the discovery, filtering and aggregation of medical case reports from many journals. OA to journal articles published under Creative Commons licences, which permit text mining, enable the… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches ProView eReader platform version 1.5 - December 10, 2012
Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced the latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView, a professional eReader platform. Thomson Reuters ProView version 1.5 provides enhanced navigation, content organisation and table displays. Thomson Reuters ProView is the first eReader platform… Read More
AudioGO to join PubEasy community - December 10, 2012
Books enquiry and ordering services provider PubEasy, UK, has announced that AudioGO has joined its growing, international e-community of booksellers and their suppliers. AudioGO is one of UK's leading audiobook publishers of a broad and diverse range of spoken word and large print books. PubEasy is… Read More
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and ISPG in deal for key access to medical content - December 10, 2012
The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and ISPG (Independent Scholarly Publishers Group), a selection of High-Impact Scholarly journals hosted by HighWire Press, have signed a 3 year agreement for access to 37 key medical publications in Mainland China. The Charlesworth Group, ISPG's exclusive agent… Read More
Amazon launches Brazil Kindle Store - December 10, 2012
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has launched the Brazil Kindle Store with the largest selection of the most popular books. The Brazil Kindle Store offers over 1.4 million books, now available to Brazilian customers priced in Brazilian Reais (R$), including more… Read More
