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The Berkshire Encyclopedia of China

A massive new title is now in the Berkshire Publishing shop on the Exact Editions platform. The Berkshire Encyclopedia of China has nearly 1,000 entries and comes in 5 volumes in the printed edition.

The printed volume sets will be released and sent to subscribers shortly, but the whole work is now searchable and freely sampleable on the Exact Editions platform in the service we are running for Berkshire.

Here are some sample entries:

Climate Change—​International Cooperation
Currency Valuation
Deng Keep Reading

Cloud Computing and Content Services

Richard Wallis who blogs as Panlibus for Tallis (the Solihull UK-based library automation specialist which seem to be going places after 40 years of quietly honing their LMS in the black country), has an interesting post on the way that library suppliers are moving into the cloud. Of course that is going to happen, and it will be interesting to see how OCLC, “the 500 lb” gorilla impacts the traditional library automation market. Especially with Google “the 15 million book” … Keep Reading

The Press Gazette is Saved

The magazine has been bought by Mike Danson’s Progressive Media group. When Wilmington announced a fortnight ago that they were closing the magazine it was withdrawn from the Exact Editions shop, though subscribers still have access to their accounts. It looks as though the magazine will resume publication in May and we hope that it will continue in its successful digital form on the Exact Editions platform. More definite news later in the week.

A new publisher with entrepreneurial vision … Keep Reading

On Thinking Beyond the Google Settlement

We enjoyed the London Book Fair earlier this week. There was considerable interest in the project that Bloomsbury have announced to create ‘shelves’ of content for public libraries, using the Exact Editions platform. There was also much interest in the fact that Exact Editions is able to directly support the iPhone user experience.

The fair was slightly quieter than last year and some publishers are feeling the squeeze of recession in reduced consumer purchases, but there was also a great … Keep Reading

The Bloomsbury Library Online

We have been working with Bloomsbury for some months to develop a subscription service that they will shortly be launching for public libraries. The project is no longer embargo-ed and a select group of journalists will now have access to the final test version of “The Bloomsbury Library Online”. The initial titles include: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (by Kate Summerscale), The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (by Mary Ann Shaffer), The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri, … Keep Reading

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