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Expanding Options for Ebooks
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by Paula J. Hane
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The market for ebooks continues to evolve so quickly that it's a challenge just keeping up with announcements—new book-related startups, ebookstores, ebook production technology, subscription platforms, and etextbook platforms. Publishers, distributors, and readers all have their share of challenges in dealing with the new technologies, tools, and formats. Here are some of the recently launched services that are aiming to redefine the book experience.
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EBSCO Publishing Introduces The African American Historical Serials Collection
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EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) announced the release of the latest database in its Historic Digital Archive Collection, The African American Historical Serials Collection. Developed in conjunction with the American Theological Library Association (ATLA), this digital collection includes African-American periodicals, annuals, and reports published from 1829-1922, including materials from African-American religious organizations and social service agencies.
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World War I Film Footage in Cyberspace
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Films about World War I that have never been seen outside a cinema or on television are to be made available on the internet for the first time. The European Film Gateway 1914 (EFG1914) plans to digitize up to 650 hours of footage and make it freely accessible via europeana.eu, Europe's digital library, museum, and archive. It will also appear on the film portal www.europeanfilmgateway.eu. The 2-year project was launched during a meeting of more than 40 representatives from 25 partner institutions at the German Film Museum in Frankfurt am Main.
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OverDrive to Preview Library Ebook Data at London Book Fair
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OverDrive will announce the first of a series of Big Data reports analyzing billions of ebook impressions and other data collected from across its network of 18,000 public and school libraries at the London Book Fair April 16-18, 2012. Data from OverDrive's global library network to be made available to participating libraries and publishers includes information about ebook and digital audiobook title circulation, book demand and holds, as well as web traffic and general demographics. OverDrive's data reports were developed in compliance with library privacy policies and do not include any identifying user information.
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Yahoo! Reorganization Doesn’t Address Company Problems: Analysts
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by Phil Britt
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Yahoo! is reorganizing the company's management structure in an attempt to put the company back on track and to stop the decline in the company's business, but analysts don't think the changes will mean much. The reorganized company will focus on three major sectors: consumer, regions, and technology. The announcement of the changes came just a couple of weeks after the company announced the layoffs of 2,000 employees. The actual changes are scheduled to take place May 1.
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