(Toronto, Canada, 17 October 2013) Kobo, a global leader in eReading, and leading Indian booksellers Crossword, WHSmith and electronics retailer Croma, today announced the arrival of Kobo’s digital reading platform in India. The device line-up, featuring a range of best-in-class E Ink and tablet devices, includes the Kobo Touch™, Kobo Glo, Kobo Arc and Kobo Aura…
IOP Publishing (IOP) has unveiled the first titles in the company’s new eBooks publishing programme at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (9–13 October 2013). IOP announced its entrance into the eBook market and a new partnership with Morgan & Claypool Publishers (M&C) at the book fair in 2012. One year later and IOP is returning…
(Amsterdam, 8 October 2013) Elsevier, today announced that Scopus has indexed the first 7,500 book titles as part of its Book Titles Expansion program. By 2015, an estimated 75,000 book titles will be indexed. The inclusion of book titles adds to the more than 50 million records indexed by Scopus which are derived from 20,000…
(7 October 2013) Simon & Schuster and Yilin Press today announced an unprecedented distribution and publishing agreement that will greatly expand the availability of electronic editions of works in Mandarin for readers worldwide. Under the agreement, Simon & Schuster will distribute eBooks of a broad cross-section of Yilin Press’s Mandarin language titles, making these works…
(Note that none of the ADAT links below have worked for a year or more.) (See also http://www.crl.edu/news/database-assessment-tool-available-crl) (20 October 2016) The ADAT website notes that The Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT), which was originally developed by JISC and later hosted at CRL, has been discontinued. The descriptive information on electronic resources, however, has been…
(Seattle–(Business Wire)- 25 September 2013) Amazon today introduced the third generation of Kindle Fire—the all-new Kindle Fire HDX. The new Kindle Fire HDX tablets combine groundbreaking hardware, the latest version of Fire OS, and exclusive new features and services like X-Ray for Music, Second Screen, Prime Instant Video downloads, and the revolutionary new Mayday button.…
(24 September 2013) Oxford University Press has announced that the popular Very Short Introductions series is now available in an easily discoverable, fully cross-searchable, and highly accessible online platform, available via institutional subscription. Very Short Introductions are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly, providing an intelligent and serious introduction to…
(26 September 2013) New titles have been added to University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) with the September 2013 content update. This update has added over 500 titles to the platform across more than 20 subject areas including Classical Studies, Economics and Finance, History, and Religion. This new content has been brought to UPSO from 13…
That’s what De Gruyter is offering through De Gruyter Select. You now can compile individual articles and content from its webshop into an exclusive book. For example, you can assemble single articles from a journal along with a book chapter into a high-quality, hardcover book and have it printed for your exclusive use. The print…
(13 September 2013) The China National Publications Import & Export Corporation (CNPIEC) and OverDrive have signed an ePublications Import License Agreement. With this agreement in place, OverDrive can make OverDrive’s catalog of digital content available in China to libraries and retailers. OverDrive will be working with Chinese libraries, schools, universities and retailers in China to…
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