Gale’s Nineteenth Century Collections Online now available at academic institutions worldwide - April 18, 2012
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced the availability of the Nineteenth Century Collections Online, a multi-year global digitisation and publishing programme. Nineteenth Century Collections Online brings together rare primary source materials – monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, photographs and more –… Read More
Cambridge University Press launches The China Library - April 18, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP), UK, has announced the launch of a new publishing venture, The Cambridge China Library. Launched at the London Book Fair, The Cambridge China Library gives China the chance to speak for itself, in unprecedented detail, about its long and fascinating… Read More
Elsevier and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press collaborate to publish Collected Works of H.S. Tsien - April 17, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the release of the Collected Works of H.S. Tsien (1938-1956) in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press (SJTUP). Tsien, considered by many to be the greatest Chinese scientist of the past 60 years, began his research in aerodynamics while… Read More
More than 50 new publishers add titles to ebrary’s Academic Complete for strategic e-book distribution - April 17, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that Wiley along with over 50 newly signed publishers such as American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Leuven University Press, and University of Illinois Press will distribute e-books in Academic Complete as well as other models including perpetual archive, patron… Read More
Publishing Technology and CNPIEC launch digital publishing platform for Chinese libraries - April 17, 2012
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, and the China National Publications Import and Export Corporation (CNPIEC) are set to launch the Digital Gateway, a digital publishing platform for Chinese libraries, in a special ceremony at the London Book Fair. The launch event will take… Read More
Woodhead Publishing and Asia Information Services announce exclusive 3 year e-deal - April 16, 2012
Scientific and technical publisher Woodhead Publishing Limited, UK, and Asia Information Services (AIS), a Hong Kong-based distributor of books and e-content, have announced an exclusive 3 year e-deal. Under the deal, AIS will distribute WP's online platform, Woodhead Publishing Online (WPO), in the Chinese mainland market.… Read More
