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Macmillan integrates e-book platforms
Palgrave Macmillan will launch a new e-book platform, Palgrave Connect, in January 2009. The platform is shared with Palgrave Macmillan's sister company, Nature Publishing Group. It offers librarians ...
70,000 take part in National Simultaneous Storytime
This year's National Simultaneous Storytime took place around Australia at 11am today. The national event, which sees 70,000 Australian children at almost 900 locations enjoy storytime with the ...
Patterson is most-borrowed in UK libraries
Books by thriller writer James Patterson are now the most-borrowed items in British libraries, edging out children's favourite Jaqueling Wilson, who has topped the list since 2004.
Should libraries 'back-up' DRM-protected e-books?
This article argues that DRM-protected e-books are a turn-off to customers who are wary that a hard-drive crash will mean they lose the e-books they have bought. The author suggests that librarie...
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Rivers and Siems leave Phoenix to found Teaching SolutionsHaving sold their shares in Phoenix Education to their partner David Stewart, Barney Rivers and Ruth Siems have now founded a new educational ...
Libraries rebuff Google and Microsoft
A number of major research libraries in the Us have shunned offers from Google and Microsoft to help digitise their collections, opting instead to join the Open Content Alliance.
WA library literacy program wins top business arts award
The State Library of Western Australia’s family literacy program this week won a top award for its role in fostering literacy in the community. The Better Beginnings program took out the W...
Thorpe-Bowker to acquire 'Australian Library News'
WBN's publisher Thorpe-Bowker has agreed to purchase Australian Library News (ALN), the popular weekly e-newsletter for Australian and New Zealand library professionals, from its current owners, Steve...
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New Zealand retailer The Warehouse goes online The Warehouse is offering online shopping within New Zealand, starting with books, DVDs, CDs, game software and gift cards. Chief executive Ian Morrice t...
Librarians fighting Google's book deal
Critics of Google's book-searching agreement with publishers and authors were cheered last week when antitrust regulators in the Justice Department set their sights on the search giant's publishing de...
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