Sony cuts e-reader prices as competition expands - July 7, 2010
Consumer electronics maker Sony Corp., Japan, has reportedly cut prices of its e- readers in the US for the second time since the launch of Apple, Inc.'s iPad in April. Sony has lowered the price of it Reader Daily Edition e-reader to $299 from $349 and… Read More
RSC Publishing announces inaugural issue of MedChemComm - July 7, 2010
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, has announced the online publication of the first issue of MedChemComm. MedChemComm is a new a high-impact, peer-reviewed journal for the rapid publication of research in medicinal chemistry. The journal is free… Read More
Journal Dialysis & Transplantation and MEI partner to support home dialysis therapies - July 7, 2010
Renal-care journal Dialysis & Transplantation (D&T), published by Wiley-Blackwell, has partnered with the Medical Education Institute (MEI) and its Home Dialysis Central website to create a comprehensive list of clinics in the US that support home dialysis patients. D&T claims to be the oldest and largest… Read More
LYRASIS and SkyRiver in deal to provide cataloguing services - July 7, 2010
LYRASIS, a regional membership organisation for libraries and information professionals in the US, has announced an agreement with SkyRiver, a bibliographic utility that connects libraries with bibliographic metadata. The agreement enables LYRASIS to market, sell, and provide training for SkyRiver cataloguing services to LYRASIS members throughout… Read More
SwetsWise Selection Support now includes package deal reports - July 7, 2010
Journal subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that it has added functionality to enable libraries to assess the value of package deals in its evaluation and analysis tool, SwetsWise Selection Support. This new feature enhances the capabilities of SwetsWise Selection Support by allowing customers to… Read More
Accucoms announces new sales representation deals with OECD and GSA - July 7, 2010
Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has signed new sales representation agreements with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Geological Society of America (GSA). Accucoms offers publishers worldwide a sales representation service that includes… Read More
