Scribd and ProQuest partner to provide access to academic works - November 18, 2009
Social publishing company Scribd, US, has announced an agreement with academic dissertations and theses publisher ProQuest to make selected graduate dissertations and theses available for purchase on Scribd (www.scribd.com/ProQuestUMI). The agreement will provide Scribd readers access to tens of thousands of original… Read More
ebrary launches free H1N1 (Influenza) Searchable Information Center - November 18, 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that it has created a publicly available research center featuring highly interactive, searchable database of documents pertaining to the H1N1 influenza pandemic. Available at http://h1n1.ebrary.com, the new site contains a growing selection… Read More
WebWorks launches latest version of ePublisher platform - November 18, 2009
WebWorks.com, part of publishing platform solutions developer Quadralay Corporation, US, has announced the 2009.3 release of its ePublisher platform. Content developers and corporate publication teams can now apply the same degree of control and customisation to their print documents that they have… Read More
Dear Subscriber - November 18, 2009
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US readers less willing than Europeans to pay for online news access: study - November 17, 2009
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has released a study, according to which media companies could counter the effects of the advertising slump and benefit from a major boost in profits if they start charging for online news. A new research, released by BCG, shows that consumers… Read More
Open Book Alliance criticises Google’s revised book settlement proposal - November 17, 2009
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., the Authors Guild (AG) and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) recently released their revised book settlement proposal in an attempt to revise the existing legal agreement. According to Open Book Alliance co-chair Peter Brantley, the… Read More
