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ebrary Announces Publisher Half-Off Sale

ebrary, Inc., a provider of digital content products and technologies, announced a first-of-its-kind program that brings libraries, corporations, and other organizations the best cost savings of the year on full-text ebooks from the world's leading publishers. Under the Publisher Half-Off Sale, institutions around the globe can save 50% off list price when they purchase as few as 15 to 25 backlist titles from a single participating publisher through Dec. 15, 2009. The vast majority of these titles are unavailable in Academic Complete or other ebrary subscription products. To date, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, IGI Global, Springer, Taylor & Francis Group, University of North Carolina Press, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. have joined the program, with additional publishers expected to participate shortly.

"In these tough economic times, ebrary is proud to offer a unique opportunity for libraries, corporations, and other organizations to purchase and own authoritative content at discounted rates from such an esteemed group of renowned publishers," says Leslie Lees, vice president of content development at ebrary. "At the same time, we are pleased to provide participating publishers with new revenue opportunities for their backlist selections."

For a real-time listing of participating publishers and additional information, visit www.ebrary.com/corp/promos.jsp#publisher.

Source: ebrary, Inc.