Most US publishers sign up for new e-bookstore, Google Editions - May 10, 2010
Online search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly garnered the support of almost all publishers in the US for its digital bookstore, which is expected to be launched next month. More than 25,000 publishers and authors have agreed to participate in Google Editions, the company’s… Read More
Apple Inc. announces iPad availability in nine more countries - May 10, 2010
Apple Inc. has announced that its latest product, iPad, will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, beginning May 28, 2010. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store in all nine countries, beginning May 10. Apple… Read More
RSNA launches new Librarian Guide website - May 10, 2010
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has created an updated Librarian Guide website, RSNA.org/librarians. The website seeks to build awareness and provide information regarding its two leading medical journals - Radiology and RadioGraphics. The site caters to corporate, academic and hospital librarians and includes features… Read More
OCLC Research to host MissingMaterials.org Webinar on May 11 - May 10, 2010
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that it will host the MissingMaterials.org Webinar on May 11, 2010. This free webinar will be held twice to accommodate attendees in different time zones - once at 10 am EDT (UTC 14:00) and again at 4 pm… Read More
Swiss scientist applies to protect online reviewing and journal-publishing process - May 10, 2010
Henry Markram, a scientist in Switzerland, is seeking to patent a system for peer reviewing and publishing scientific papers online, according to the journal Nature. Last year, Markram, a neuroscientist and publishing entrepreneur at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, filed internationally for… Read More
Autodesk designates Wiley Publishing to provide official training guides for 2011 products - May 10, 2010
Sybex, an imprint of educational materials publisher Wiley Publishing, Inc., has announced that it has executed a brand licensing agreement with Autodesk, Inc. Under the deal, ten titles on leading Autodesk products will be exclusively designated as ‘Autodesk Official Training Guides.’ Five of these titles… Read More
