British Library welcomes Hargreaves Review recommendations on IP framework - May 19, 2011
The British Library has welcomed the positive recommendations made to the Government by the Hargreaves Review, proposing an intellectual property (IP) framework designed to increase growth and innovation in the UK. The report has recognised the importance of copyright in the digital age to education… Read More
Print publication output up despite e-books, says Bowker’s annual market report - May 19, 2011
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, a business unit of ProQuest, has released its annual report on US print book publishing, compiled from its Books In Print database. Based on preliminary figures from US publishers, Bowker is projecting that despite the popularity of e-books, traditional US print title… Read More
Elastic Path releases report on e-publishing landscape - May 18, 2011
E-commerce platform and consulting services provider Elastic Path Software, Canada, has released a new research report entitled 'Brave New Publishing World: Assessing the Impact of E-books on Consumers.' The report has Elastic Path e-commerce consultants revealing data on the fast-changing publishing landscape as well as recommendations… Read More
Digital text consumption at nearly same levels as printed text, says Gartner survey - May 11, 2011
Technology research services firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released the findings of a survey that says the time people spend reading on a digital screen is now almost equal to that spent reading printed paper text. The huge majority of tablet and iPad users say they… Read More
Tablets becoming more popular than laptops and e-readers, says Nielsen study - May 10, 2011
Global information and media group Nielsen Company, US, recently released the findings of a survey that says the tablet is becoming the new primary computing and entertainment device, leaving behind the laptop, e-reader and MP3. According to the Nielsen data, about one-third of tablet owners… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches Academic Reputation Survey for 2011 - May 6, 2011
Research analytics and decision support citation data services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that it has launched its Academic Reputation Survey for 2011. The survey, which will remain open until May 20, 2011, claims to be the largest of its kind ever undertaken by the… Read More
Total book sales in the UK amounted to £3.1 billion in 2010, says PA Statistics Yearbook - May 4, 2011
The Publishers Association (PA), UK, has published its annual report of 2010 sales figures across the UK book publishing industry which demonstrates that digital sales are accelerating across all sectors. The PA Statistics Yearbook 2010 shows that total book sales in the UK amounted to… Read More
New OCLC report on how to increase access to special collections - May 4, 2011
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has released a new report titled 'Rapid Capture: Faster Throughput in Digitization of Special Collections.' This report is the latest in a series of OCLC Research reports about how to increase access to special collections that have resulted from OCLC's… Read More
Gartner special report examines key issues facing the future of cloud sourcing - May 2, 2011
Technology research services firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a special report on cloud computing. According to the report, in the next few years, market dynamics will determine whether cloud-enabled outsourcing will be the demise of traditional outsourcing, if it will lead to the convergence of… Read More
Rising sales of e-book readers may result in the decline of the book publishing industry, says report - May 2, 2011
Market research firm IHS iSuppli recently released a report which indicates that the book publishing industry has entered a period of long-term decline because of the rising sales of e-book readers. According to the report, book revenue for US publishers, including both e-books and paper… Read More
