Discusses the issue of electronic books and electronic publishing and how to review books in a myriad of e-book formats. List of some of the different types of formats available for electronic publishing; Similarity between models in that they are based on movement of traditional paper books to simultaneous e-versions; Lack of greater exposure and legitimacy for e-books that traditional review media can give them.
PUBLISHING, UNIVERSITY presses, ELECTRONIC publishing, SCHOLARLY electronic publishing, SCHOLARLY publishing, INTERNET publishing
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The article announces that Rice University Publishers in Houston, Texas, which closed in 1996, will resume operations as a digital publisher. The systems of manuscript solicitation and peer review will remain the same. Dissemination of papers via the Internet is a growing trend in scholarly publishing.
The article reports that the Association of Research Libraries believes that within five years, many journals will be available in electronic format only. A report written by Richard K. Johnson and Judy Luther cites economic reasons, and observes that at some point it will no longer be economically feasible for publishers to produce paper journals.
ELECTRONIC publishing, ELECTRONIC books, LIBRARIES & the Internet, INTELLECTUAL freedom, INTERNET publishing, CONFERENCES & conventions
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The article reports on topics covered at the International Digital Publishing Forum's (IDPF) Digital Book 2007 conference, which was held in Manhattan, New York, on May 9. Discussions included electronic books and when they will be accepted by the public, library input on e-content research, and handheld reading devices. Google's announcement of a plan to make money from Google Book Search raised questions on privacy and intellectual freedom.
ELECTRONIC journals, ELECTRONIC publishing, ONLINE databases, ELECTRONIC information resource searching
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The article reports on the benefits of using electronic journals and books when searching for and acquiring a part of an article such as a chapter, table or photograph. A discussion of the results of a field test of an indexing system from CSA Inc. Which allowed scientists to examine the usefulness of the system is presented.