Cambridge University Press opens up digital platform to rivals

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 13/07/2011 - 09:50 Cambridge University Press has launched a digital content platform for libraries which it says will become "one of the largest and most significant repositories of digital academic material in the world.” From October 2010, University Publishing Online will provide institutions with ebooks and "related database products” from publishers across the world. It is based on Cambridge Books Online, which offers access to front and backlist PDF titles. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #digital platform #offers access

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Cambridge University Press opens up digital platform to rivals'


College Newspapers Go Digital-First, Innovate To Stay Relevant

NEW YORK -- This fall, the University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald -- a print publication for more than 90 years -- will ditch the daily for digital, publish a twice-weekly magazine, and launch a mini-tech start-up called The Garage. It' ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #stay relevant #york -- #print publication


Sphere opens online Crime Vault

Sphere is setting up an online hub for crime, thriller and mystery ebooks, commissioning new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #online hub


Library of America Steps Up Its Digital Effort

Launched at the end of 2011, the ebook program of the Library of America has released eight titles so far with plans to publish about two ebooks a month for the next year. LOA publisher Max Rudin explained that the nonprofit charged with producing high-quality, beautifully designed editions of... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ebook program #american writing #digital market #print books #ebook architects


STM criticises EC stance on 'green' Open Access

International scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishers association STM has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #open access


RCS Libri launches digital-first list

Italian publisher RCS Libri has launched Rizzoli First, a digital-first list that will publish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Willetts: all science research to be open access by 2014

All publicly funded scientific research will be made freely available by 2014 according to a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #open access


Digital Imprints Take Root

Traditional trade publishers have been testing the digital-first/digital-only publishing waters for more than two years now, and the pace is accelerating. This month alone, Penguin is reviving the Dutton Guilt Edged Mysteries line as a digital only imprint, Kensington has launched eKensington as... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #digital imprints #publishing waters #beta test #romance books #harper voyager


Learned Societies warn of Open Access risks

Directors of learned societies say clarity over the timing of transition to open access... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #learned societies #open access


Blackwell moves into Northumbria university

Blackwell is to operate a bookshop at the University of Northumbria, following the departure of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #northumbria university


Digital takes £50m bite from physical in 2012

E-books, plus the consumer downturn, have taken a £50m bite out of the print book market... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Booming Digital Sales Could Put Auto Trader Out Of Print

Booming digital revenues now make up almost 80 per cent of sales at Auto Trader and could hasten the end of the print version of the car-classifieds magazine in 12-18 months. Annual turnover rose only 1 per cent to £257.2m, but digital sa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #print version


Grove Press UK to investigate killing of bin Laden

Grove Press UK is to publish a title about the hunt for and killing of Al-Qaeda-founder Osama bin... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bin laden


History Press French subsidiary enters reorganisation

The History Press' subsidiary in France, Editions Alan Sutton, is entering a process known as... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #history press


Flipboard Rival: New York Times Deal is Good News for the Media Industry

Publishing giants The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal firmed up exclusive deals with Flipboard and Pulse earlier in the week for exclusive content to go out to these third-party mobile apps, but as one Flipboard rival explains, this news c ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #media industry #exclusive content


Flambard Press to close

Twenty-year-old poetry specialist Flambard Press is being wound down following the loss of its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Lonely Planet shop opens

Lonely Planet’s own-brand bookshop stocking solely LP titles opened today (29th June) in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #lonely planet


Steep rise in digital revenues at CUP

Cambridge University Press has seen its digital revenues rise 70% over the past year to account... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #digital revenues


Digital Sales Up 38% at B&N

Sales of what has been Barnes & Noble’s core business for most of its history—“tangible” books, music, movies, rentals, and newsstand—made up 66% of the chain’s total revenue in the fiscal year ended April 28, 2012, according to figures published in the company’s annual report. Sales in the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #figures published #annual report #digital devices #product mix


Google Opens Android Mag Newsstand, Brands Rush In

Magazines have embraced the iPad but generally dissed the Google Android OS. Google wants to change that will the opening of Magazines on Google Play. With scores of titles across many of the major publishing houses on tap for this launch, the sectio ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #google play


New App Publishing Platform for Niche Publishers

While big-name magazines have held a presence on Apple’s Newsstand since its inception, small to medium-sized publishers have had a harder time breaking through. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #niche publishers #medium-sized publishers