E-reader shipments to reach 35 million by 2014 despite tablet PC impact, says report - September 14, 2010
Market research services provider In-Stat, US, has released a report, according to which e-reader shipments will grow from 12 million units by the end of this year, to 35 million in 2014. This is despite the potential impact that the tablet PC market may have on… Read More
Google to launch Google Editions in Japan in 2011 - September 14, 2010
Internet search services provider Google Inc., US, has announced that it will launch an electronic books service in Japan next year. According to Yoichi Sato, a strategic partner development manager at Google Japan, the Japanese version of Google Editions will start with a limited number of… Read More
Portico and Taylor & Francis sign agreement to preserve e-books - September 14, 2010
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has entered into a license agreement with Taylor & Francis Group. Under the deal, Portico will preserve the publisher's entire collection of e-books. With this agreement, Taylor & Francis expands its relationship with Portico, which began in 2006 with… Read More
Serials Solutions’ Summon web-scale discovery service achieves the 100 customer mark - September 14, 2010
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of ProQuest, has announced that more than 100 customers have adopted the Summon web-scale discovery service. This milestone was achieved in one year. Introduced in January 2009, the Summon service… Read More
Taiwan Society of Cardiology and Ovid partner to deliver Acta Cardiologica Sinica via OvidSP - September 14, 2010
Information solutions provider Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has announced a partnership with the Taiwan Society of Cardiology to deliver its official journal, Acta Cardiologica Sinica, through the latter's OvidSP search, discovery, and management platform. As one of the world's leading aggregators of online… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert set to launch Therapeutic Hypothermia journal in Spring 2011 - September 14, 2010
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the Spring 2011 launch of a new peer-reviewed journal - Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. Dr. W. Dalton Dietrich, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology and Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of… Read More
