Lippincott Williams & Wilkins releases first e-book titles in Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series - July 24, 2012
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced the release of the first e-book editions in The Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series. Written by residents/fellows and reviewed by faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,… Read More
Loss of bookstores does not translate into growth of e-books, says Simba report - July 24, 2012
Media forecast and research firm Simba Information, US, has released the fourth edition of the 'Trends in Trade Book Retailing' report. The report compiles data from multiple sources to confirm what Simba anticipated in the third edition: that the loss of bookstores would not translate into… Read More
Knovel adds Yaws’ Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists to its Critical Content line - July 24, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced the addition of Yaws' Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists to its growing Critical Content line. This new interactive database is exclusively available to Knovel customers. Knovel… Read More
SPIE announces price freeze for SPIE Digital Library in 2013 - July 23, 2012
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced reduced or frozen subscription prices for subscribers of the SPIE Digital Library. An additional 40,000 articles from 1962-1989 are also being added to the collection, at no additional cost to subscribers. This is the fourth… Read More
Nature Publishing Group’s Linked Data Platform now hosts over 270 million RDF statements - July 23, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that its Linked Data Platform now hosts more than 270 million Resource Description Framework (RDF) statements. It has been expanded more than ten times, in a growing number of datasets. These datasets have been created under the… Read More
UBM TechWeb announces keynote speakers for Cloud Connect Chicago event - July 20, 2012
UBM TechWeb, US, has announced that industry leaders from Chicago Tribune, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Rackspace would take the keynote stage at the first ever Cloud Connect event in Chicago. The technology event for cloud computing will be featuring the latest technologies, platforms, strategies and… Read More
