Amazon unveils Kindle Owners’ Lending Library for Amazon Prime members - November 3, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced the launch of the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. With an annual Amazon Prime membership, Kindle owners can now choose from thousands of books to borrow for free as frequently as a book a month, with no due dates.… Read More
ebrary announces downloads and results of Download Survey - October 31, 2011
E-books and research technology provider ebrary, US, has announced the ability to download e-books onto multiple devices including the Kindle, iPad, iPhone, laptops and other devices. With this initiative, the company seeks to provide researchers with access to authoritative information whenever and wherever they need it.… Read More
HighWire to increase delivery of mobile-optimised sites to over 900 by year-end - October 27, 2011
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced that it will increase its delivery of mobile-optimised sites from 600 to over 900 by the end of 2011. This is seen to expand the opportunities for the community of HighWire affiliated publishers to extend… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell launches first mobile app for UCL Hospitals Injectable Medicines Administration Guide - October 19, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has launched the first mobile application for UCL Hospitals Injectable Medicines Administration Guide, accessible via iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, as well as a version for Blackberry. The global publisher is… Read More
International Digital Publishing Forum completes major revision to EPUB - October 13, 2011
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) has announced the completion of a major revision to EPUB, the global standard interchange and delivery format for eBooks and other digital publications. The IDPF membership unanimously voted to elevate EPUB 3.0 to a final IDPF Recommended Specification, publicly available… Read More
Impelsys announces latest version of iPublishCentral - October 13, 2011
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has announced the release of iPublishCentral 3.2, a new version of its digital publishing software platform. The latest version features expanded support for delivering ebooks to mobile devices. iPublishCentral is a comprehensive platform that allows any organisation to… Read More
Mobile access now available for the Liebert Online collection - October 12, 2011
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has launched Liebert for Mobile (L4M), providing 24/7 mobile access to the company's entire online collection of more than 70 authoritative journals and Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). Users will now have on the spot access to subscribed… Read More
Google launches e-bookstore in UK - October 10, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly launched its e-bookstore in the UK. The store can be found at google.co.uk/. According to a report published in The Bookseller, Google has signed deals with the UK's… Read More
Elsevier introduces SciVerse Scopus Alerts Individual mobile app - October 7, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of a new mobile application, SciVerse Scopus Alerts Individual, which provides non-institutional subscribers with immediate, on-the-go access to the latest Scopus content. While users based in subscribing institutions can already benefit from a free mobile app, this… Read More
CRC Press releases mobile app for its eBook platform, CRCnetBASE - October 6, 2011
CRC Press, a US-based publisher of technical and scientific works and a member of Taylor & Francis Group, has announced the release of the mobile app for its eBook platform, CRCnetBASE. CRCnetBASE Mobile provides students and researchers access to the world’s premier scientific and technical eBooks… Read More
