Bloomsbury and Faber create Drama Online

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 27/05/2011 - 09:29 Bloomsbury and Faber are to jointly develop a digital content platform providing online access to drama texts. Drama Online will launch in October 2012, and will feature the drama lists from Methuen Drama, Arden Shakespeare and Faber and Faber, including play texts and critical works. It will be sold via subscription and perpetual access to academic institutions. Users will be able to search through full texts, have access to textual notes, view parallel texts on screen, and the collection will be continually updated as new titles are released. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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