‘PLoS ONE’ to feature 3D molecular animation technology on new journal articles - October 22, 2009
Open access publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced that its peer-reviewed online publication PLoS ONE will feature a new 3D molecular animation technology on five newly published articles. This represents the start of a new PLoS ONE collection entitled ‘Structural Biology and Human Health:… Read More
American Academy of Pediatrics selects Impelsys’ iPublishCentral to launch e-book strategy - October 20, 2009
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has announced that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has solidified its e-book strategy with iPublishCentral, an electronic content delivery solution used by over 350 publishers worldwide. AAP is a leading society publisher and professional organisation to 600, 000… Read More
Questia adds 1,900 copyrighted books to digital collection - October 13, 2009
Online library provider Questia Media, Inc., US, has announced that it has added an additional 1,900 copyrighted books to Questia, its digital collection. The collection is available online and through its recently launched application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The application is claimed to have… Read More
American Institute of Physics launches new mobile e-Reader application, iResearch - October 12, 2009
XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that the American Institute of Physics (AIP) has used MarkLogic Server to launch its new mobile e-Reader application, iResearch. iResearch was developed to provide the AIP community of researchers, comprising physicists, engineers,… Read More
ARL tests web-based publishing platform for Research Library Issues - October 8, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced improved search and new online features for its flagship publication Research Library Issues: A Bimonthly Report from ARL, CNI, and SPARC (RLI). A freely available online-only publication, RLI includes articles on the major issues that research libraries face… Read More
Sony Partners with Author Solutions and Smashwords for e-Book distribution - October 1, 2009
Sony has signed agreements with publishing houses Smashwords and Authors Solutions that will permit e-books published or distributed by the two companies to be sold through the Sony eBook Store. Together with Sony, these companies will give independent authors and small publishers the opportunity to offer… Read More
Questia Media makes entire collection available through new research application – Questia Library - September 28, 2009
Online library provider Questia Media, Inc., US, has announced that it has made its entire collection available through a new research application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The application, called Questia Library, provides mobile access to the full text of 74,000 books and over 2… Read More
SAE International launches e-books for engineers - August 31, 2009
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, US, has announced the launch of e-books to enable users to stay up-to-date on mobility engineering technology. The SAE online bookstore now offers a variety of titles in electronic format, including new releases, best-sellers and out-of-print titles. Customers can… Read More
HHC ties up with Rittenhouse for medical content initiative on YouTube - August 19, 2009
Medical publisher Handbooks in Health Care Company (HHC) has announced a tie-up with Rittenhouse Book Distributors, a US-based health sciences books distributor, to offer informative and easy-to-access medical content via video website www.youtube.com. The campaign, entitled ‘The Experts in Medicine Series,’… Read More
IDPF launches EPUB Standards maintenance work - August 18, 2009
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), the standards and trade association for digital publishing, has announced that the maintenance activities associated with the EPUB standards will start this month. The DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) Consortium will provide leadership and resources to assist in the maintenance… Read More
