now publishers Press Release: Foundations and Trends�

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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:52:34 -0500
From: Zac Rolnik <zac.rolnik@nowpublishers.com>
Subject: Press Release: Foundations and Trends^� 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boston MA, 27th October 2003

Contact: Zac Rolnik zac.rolnik@nowpublishers.com, Tel: +1-781-985-4510

Web-based Foundations and Trends(tm)
Puts Published Research Into Context

now publishers today announced a series of on-line products for the
scientific and scholarly research community. Foundations and Trends(tm)
act as a gateway to a library's primary literature and combines the
peer-review of journals, the high usage of reference works, and the
pedagogy of textbooks.  Furthermore, a unique updating procedure will
ensure the information remains current and keeps track with research
developments.

Each Foundations and Trends(tm) covers a major branch of a scientific
discipline and offer current, state-of-the-art review articles by
opinion/research leaders in their field.  Authors are allowed 50-100 pages
for a complete review of the subject and identify how the efforts of many
researchers fit together providing a "big picture" that puts published
work into context.  Articles are published upon acceptance in electronic
form and include a complete bibliography linked to the original source
identifying the most important work in the field. This builds quickly into
a digital gateway providing a trusted starting point to a subject for
students and researchers.

now publishers adheres to the principles of partnership with the academic
and library communities.  For the researcher community now publishers
allows copyright retention and self-archiving by the author.  The library
community benefits from a simple site license agreement with choice of
purchasing options including campus-wide access for all students and
faculty, and unlimited course pack use at subscribing institutions.

Mike Casey, publisher at now said, �The introduction of the web-based
Foundations and Trends(tm) herald a new era in academic publishing. The
integration of specially commissioned, high-quality review articles with
user-friendly technology provides a powerful research tool to librarians,
students and researchers alike. Furthermore, the modern principles used to
distribute the information, put into practice for the first time, a truly
viable alternative to the traditional journal publishing model.�

The following titles are new and available for 2004.

Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory
Edited by Sergio Verd�, Princeton University  URL:
http://www.nowpublishers.com/pages/5/index.htm

Foundations and Trends in Computer Vision and Graphics
Edited by Brian Curless, Univ of Washington, Luc Van Gool, KU Leuven and
Richard Szeliski, Microsoft Research URL:
http://www.nowpublishers.com/pages/8/index.htm

Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management
Edited by Uday Karmarkar, UCLA URL:
http://www.nowpublishers.com/pages/7/index.htm

About now

now was started by two experienced publishers to provide the research and
library community with a partnership for publishing.  The company intends
to bring a new approach to scholarly publishing, which values editors and
authors, deploys a liberal and fair copyright policy, and provides
librarians with value for money.  now is committed to working with
authors, editors, readers and librarians to publish insightful, in-depth
reviews in as timely and efficient a manner as possible.  Find out more by
visiting www.nowpublishers.com

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