American Institute of Physics launches new eBooks site for ASME - July 29, 2010
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced the launch of a new eBooks site for ASME. AIP has made numerous new enhancements to its eBooks platform, designed to lend support to the marketing of recent ASME Press titles and ASME Handbooks & Manuals. By end… Read More
Amazon unveils enhanced version of e-book reader Kindle - July 29, 2010
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced the launch of a new version of e-books reader Kindle. The company has also introduced a new addition to its family of portable reading devices - Kindle Wi-Fi. The new Kindle and Kindle Wi-Fi are now available for… Read More
XanEdu launches iPad publishing programme for Educators - July 26, 2010
CoursePacks and custom textbooks provider XanEdu Publishing Inc, US, has launched an iPad publishing programme. The move, conducted in concert with several major institutions in North America and Harvard Business School Publishing, is expected to allow students and instructors greater flexibility in accessing course materials. Instructors… Read More
Netter product range expanded to include online and mobile technologies - July 23, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its range of Netter products has been expanded to include interactive online and mobile technologies. The medical training products are based on a collection of hand-painted anatomy illustrations by Dr. Frank Netter. The newly launched digital tools are projected… Read More
enTourage Systems partners with O’Reilly Media to enhance enTourage Systems’ e-book store offerings - July 23, 2010
enTourage Systems, Inc., the US-based developer of a dualbook branded 'enTourage eDGe', has partnered with publisher O'Reilly Media to enhance the offerings of enTourage Systems' e-book store. Under the deal, O'Reilly Media's full EPUB catalogue of over 1,000 titles will now be available to enTourage eDGe… Read More
Online First Publication for all APA-published journal articles now available in the PsycARTICLES database - July 22, 2010
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced the immediate availability of Online First Publication (OFP) for APA-published journal articles in the PsycARTICLES database. Articles accepted for publication will now be available in electronic format prior to the print publication, expediting access to the latest peer-reviewed research.… Read More
Apple Inc. announces iPad availability in nine more countries - July 21, 2010
Apple Inc., a US-based multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers, has announced that iPad will be available in nine more countries from July 23, 2010. These include Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore.… Read More
Amazon reports increased sales of Kindle following price cut - July 20, 2010
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced that Kindle device unit sales accelerated each month in the second quarter - both on a sequential month-over-month basis and on a year-over-year basis. According to the company, the growth rate of Kindle, its e-book reader, tripled since… Read More
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak now available - July 19, 2010
Knowledgespeak subscribers, on the move, can now access quality STM News of their choice any time any where with the all new SCOOPE service. SCOOPE is the only mobile application that allows subscribers to customise content. Advantage of SCOOPE - Newsletters are now downloadable into local memory and read at… Read More
Modality, Inc facilitates board prep for medical students with sixteen USMLE apps - July 16, 2010
Interactive learning apps developer Modality, Inc., US, has announced that medical students are embracing USMLE prep on iPhone and iPod touch with its popular line of medical education and test prep apps. The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a required three-step examination that tests… Read More
