Safari Books Online to add Packt Publishing e-books to digital library service - March 31, 2008
Safari Books Online, a US-based e-reference joint venture between publishers O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Pearson Technology Group, has announced an agreement with Packt Publishing. As Packt Publishing's first online channel distribution partner, Safari Books Online will make Packt's books and other technical publications available online to… Read More
Aircraft Technical Publishers appoints new executives - March 31, 2008
General aviation solutions provider Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP), US, has announced the appointment of Rich Marino, as President and Greg Daly, as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to this, Marino served as President, COO and CEO of both private and public organisations including International Data Group (IDG),… Read More
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Best Practice study on strategies of pharmaceutical publications - March 28, 2008
A recent article published in The Wall Street Journal has said that pharmaceutical manufacturers Merck & Co. and Schering-Plough Corp. kept a study of their drug Vytorin under wraps for over a year due to data concerns. The article went on to say that the study, which found Vytorin was… Read More
Oxford Journals’ new online journal to cover undergraduate bioscience research - March 28, 2008
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced the launch of Bioscience Horizons, a free online journal showcasing some of the best undergraduate bioscience research from the UK and Republic of Ireland. The journal is claimed to be the first and only… Read More
HighWire launches re-designed PNAS site on new H2O platform - March 28, 2008
Stanford University' HighWire Press and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) have announced the public beta of the first journal to be launched on HighWire's new platform, H2O. The new site, at beta.pnas.org, represents a major re-design of PNAS… Read More
