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Monday, November 21, 2011
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EPUB 3 Becomes Final IDPF Specification—Poised to Unleash an Econtent Revolution
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by Paula J. Hane
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If you think that developments in ebooks and the e-reading experience have been hitting at a fast pace, get ready for it to get really exciting. A new specification has been approved that should accelerate the progress toward richer experiences. On Oct. 11, 2011, at Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany, the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) announced the completion of a major revision to EPUB, which has become the global standard interchange and delivery format for ebooks and other digital publications. The IDPF membership unanimously voted to elevate EPUB 3 to a final IDPF Recommended Specification, which is publicly available at http://idpf.org/epub/30.
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Gale to Unveil New Times Digital Archive
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Gale, part of Cengage Learning, is unveiling the all-new Times Digital Archive, 1785-2006, at Online Information 2011, in London, (Nov. 29-Dec. 1). Adding 20 years to the popular 1785-1985 edition, the new publication offers researchers nearly 70,000 issues and more than 11 million articles on the cross-searchable Gale NewsVault platform. Also coming to NewsVault is the complete run of The Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006, to be released in spring 2012.
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Evernote Introduces News Browser Extension for Google Chrome
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Evernote introduced a news browser extension for Google Chrome (other browsers are coming soon)—Evernote Clearly. With one click, it provides distraction-free online reading. It removes the clutter, including ads, links, navigation, and unnecessary images. It turns multipage articles into a single page.
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Palgrave Macmillan Launches New Search Platform Integration
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Palgrave Macmillan announced the launch of its new search integration that allows visitors on Palgrave Connect and its Journals platform to search within both sets of resources at the same time. This allows easier discovery of similar scholarly content across its publishing program.
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Finding Content in a Haystack—Open Text Tempo
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by Richard Oppenheim
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OpenText, the ECM provider, just announced Tempo to deliver enterprisewide tools in an app-based environment so employees, customers, and management can upload, access, and share content freely.
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Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
HBO Series Tie-In Edition
by Nelson Johnson, Foreword by Terence Winter
Through most of the 20th century, Atlantic City was controlled by a powerful partnership of local politicians and racketeers. Funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars, and brothels, this corrupt alliance reached full bloom during the reign of Enoch “Nucky” Johnson — the second of three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society.
ISBN: 978-0-9666748-6-6 | 304 pp/softbound | $16.95
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