STM Publishers Rally Behind EBL

[Ann Okerson <aokerson@pantheon.yale.edu>]

Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:40:53 +0800
From: Kari Paulson <kari.paulson@ebooks.com>
To: library@ebooks.com

STM Publishing Giants Rally Behind EBL

Top STM Publishers Join eBooks Corporation's New Library Offering.
(PERTH, Western Australia - Friday, March 12, 2004)

Six of the world's principle Science, Technology & Medical publishers
announced today that they are participating in the launch of eBooks
Corporation's landmark new library service, EBL.

Cambridge University Press, Kluwer, Oxford University Press, Springer,
Taylor & Francis and World Scientific will all provide titles for EBL. At
launch in June 2004 EBL will carry titles across all disciplines,
including the deepest, most comprehensive and most up to date range of STM
ebooks currently available to the library community.

Aimed at academic and research libraries, the EBL model features enhanced
functionality including multiple concurrent access, online and offline
access, read aloud, chapters for reserve circulation, short term
circulation and document delivery solutions.

eBooks Corporation, whose ebookstore eBooks.com has been at the forefront
of the electronic book industry since 2000, embarked on the eBook Library
project at the promptings of library customers, including Curtin
University and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).  
Working closely with CERN, Curtin, North Carolina State University and
Yale, the EBL model was developed and presented to leading international
STM publishers for review and evaluation.

"We are determined to offer greater flexibility to libraries and their
patrons while protecting the interests of authors and publishers", said
EBL's General Manager, Kari Paulson. "In addition to this the short term
circulation and virtual photocopying features redirect revenue that was
traditionally absorbed by library staffing costs, freight and photocopying
back to publishers and their authors.

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About eBooks Corporation Ltd

eBooks Corporation is a global provider of digital books. It has
distribution agreements with publishers in the US, UK and Australia, The
company has long standing, close working relationships with Adobe,
Microsoft,Palm and other stakeholders in the ebook industry. eBooks
Corporation hosts, and securely distributed eBooks through its retail site
(www.ebooks.com). eBooks Corporation is expanding distribution to library
(www.library.ebooks.com)  wholesale (www.ebookengine.com ) channels.

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Media Contact:

Kari Paulson
General Manager, EBL
eBooks Corporation
Tel (Aus): +61 (0) 8 9385 5166  / +61 (0) 439 939 943
Fax: +61 8 9386 1844
Email: kari.paulson@ebooks.com
Web: www.ebl.ebooks.com <http://www.ebl.ebooks.com/>