Springer Launches Content Solutions For Industry (ChemicalOnline) Springer Science+Business Media has announced the release of Springer Content Solutions for Industry (www.springer.com/forindustry), which features customized collections of professional, scientific, technical and medical books, journals, reference works and protocols specifically organized for the needs of companies heavily active in research, development and marketing activities...more...10 Tips: Save on college textbooks (MSNBC) If you?re a college student starting a new academic year, you?re likely reeling in shock from the amount of money you?re being asked to spend on textbooks. These tips will help....more... Springer Launches Content Solutions for Industry (Centre Daily Times) Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) has announced the release of Springer Content Solutions for Industry (www.springer.com/forindustry), which features customized collections of professional, scientific, technical and medical books, journals, reference works and protocols specifically organized for the needs of companies heavily active in research, development and marketing ......more... E-book redux? (BBC News) Is it time to embrace the electronic book?...more... Librarians & Publishers Advance Download Services at Digital Media Conference (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Online community building and advancing download technology at public libraries were the focus of Digipalooza '08 (www.digipalooza.com). The library download service user-conference, held July 24-27 in Cleveland, welcomed hundreds of librarians and publishers from across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada for a weekend of sharing best practices, education, and networking. Librarians from public, ......more... eCampus.com Announces Partnership With CourseSmart (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) eCampus.com, one of America's first online textbook retailers, proudly announces a groundbreaking partnership with digital textbook giant CourseSmart. This partnership will give eCampus.com customers access to CourseSmart's massive digital library of eTextbooks. By partnering with CourseSmart, eCampus.com will be able to offer students an environmentally friendly opportunity to save money on ......more... Prentice Hall and SAMS Launch New Ubuntu Linux Books at LinuxWorld 2008 (Centre Daily Times) Prentice Hall and SAMS Publishing today announced the release of key titles for the open source community, including The Official Ubuntu Book, third edition and Ubuntu Unleashed: 2008 Edition, both of which provide definitive instruction on the new Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (also known by the latest animal code name, "Hardy Heron")....more... Prentice Hall and SAMS Launch New Ubuntu Linux Books at LinuxWorld 2008 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) SAN FRANCISCO----Prentice Hall and SAMS Publishing today announced the release of key titles for the open source community, including The Official Ubuntu Book, third edition and Ubuntu Unleashed: 2008 Edition, both of which provide definitive instruction on the new Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support ....more... Platinum Studios Announces Global Relaunch of WOWIO (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LOS ANGELES----Platinum Studios, Inc. , an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than 5,600 comic book characters which it adapts, produces and licenses for all forms of media, announced today the global relaunch of WOWIO, an innovative digital ebook distributor recently acquired by Platinum Studios as part of its digital distribution initiative....more... |