New vertical search engine for the Aerospace & Defense Industry - October 31, 2007
Aviation Week, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced the launch of an aerospace and defence industry vertical search engine at www.aviationweek.com. The new search engine seeks to provide AviationWeek.com users with a single resource to obtain aviation-specific information from highly specialised sources in a… Read More
Online e-books marketplace Mixiv launched - October 31, 2007
Mixiv.com, a US-based online e-books sales platform, has gone on stream. The portal allows digital e-book publishers to sell unlimited products online in minutes, deliver them securely, pay no additional transaction fees, get them listed in web-wide marketplaces and also participate in an affiliate programme. The… Read More
Dear Subscribers - October 31, 2007
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company
Ovid releases new electronic information search platform - October 29, 2007
US-based information research solutions provider Ovid Technologies, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced the release of OvidSP, its new electronic information search platform. OvidSP is projected as the next evolution of Ovid's two existing platforms, Ovid Web Gateway and SilverPlatter WEBSPIRS. The new platform is… Read More
Publishing trade associations announce safe harbour for use of orphan works - October 29, 2007
Three trade associations have announced a further step towards establishing clear rules for users of orphan works. An orphan work is a copyrighted work for which the user is not able to identify and/or contact the legitimate holder to obtain permission to use the work. The three associations are the… Read More
Thomson reports revenue increase driven by performance of Scientific segment - October 29, 2007
Information solutions provider Thomson Corporation, US, has reported an 11 percent increase in revenues to $1.8 billion for the third quarter of 2007. The operating profit declined 1 percent to $312 million, attributable to $53 million of expenses related to the Reuters acquisition, a series of… Read More
