NetLibrary announces agreements with 21 international publishers

DUBLIN, Ohio, USA,  1 February 2008 —NetLibrary, OCLC's platform for eContent and the leading provider of eBooks for the institutional library market, has announced agreements with 21 leading publishers that will add thousands of new eBooks and eAudiobooks to NetLibrary's growing catalog of more than 160,000 titles.

With increasing worldwide demand for electronic content, NetLibrary continually enhances its catalog by partnering with preeminent publishers of scholarly, trade, STM and reference content. New publisher partners adding eContent to NetLibrary include:

• A&C Black is one of the leading educational publishers in the UK, producing books in business, arts, wildlife, reference, and children’s titles, and is most famous for its publication of Who’s Who since 1897.
• Alcazar AudioWorks produces a wide range of audiobooks, specializing in books for the young listener and classical titles.
• Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc. specializes in the classics and classical languages, ancient and modern history, and offers school texts, grammars, ancillaries, and enrichment materials for Latin and Greek instruction.
• The Chinese University Press was established in 1977 as the publishing house of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and has established itself as a notable publisher of scholarly publications on Chinese culture as well as China and Hong Kong studies.
• Cyan Communications, Ltd. is a publisher of general non-fiction books, with an emphasis in business, self-development, wellness, psychology, lifestyle, narrative non-fiction, memoir and humor titles.
• Éditions MultiMondes is a Canadian French-language publisher with a diverse catalog that includes books in medicine, environment, science, technology, history and education.
• Electronic & Database Publishing, Inc. publishes high quality trade and business books, periodicals, newsletters, research reports and other copyrighted materials, concentrating solely on electronic and database distribution channels.
• Encyclopædia Britannica is a leader in reference and education publishing and now offers many of its award-winning products in eBook format including the Britannica Almanac, the Britannica Illustrated Science Library, My First Britannica, New Views of the Solar System, the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia and Britannica's Encyclopedia of World Religions, as well as some in audio format.
• Freeway Guides provides practical audio training for people on the go and offers titles on business/work, personal finance, public speaking, healthy eating, effective networking and many other topics.
• Garnet Publishing and Ithaca Press are leading English-language publishers of academic books devoted to the Middle East and Arab world, with titles covering the fields of architecture, art, cookery, culture, heritage and history of the Middle East and Islam.
• Harriman House is one of the UK's leading independent publishers of finance, business, economic and political books covering a wide range of subjects from personal finance, small business and lifestyle, to stock market investing, trading and professional guides.
• Hart Publishing is an independent British publisher of intellectually stimulating and innovative law books with an international scope.
• The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to improve teaching, learning, and school leadership by advancing the use of technology in PK–12 and teacher education. ISTE publishes books for classroom teachers, technology coordinators, administrators and teacher educators.
• Kensington Books is one of the last remaining independent U.S. publishers of hardcover, trade and mass market paperback books and is considered a leader and innovator in such areas of publishing as African-America, gay and lesbian, Wicca, alternative health and romance.
• Kinokuniya is a highly acclaimed Japanese publisher whose diverse publishing program includes Western literary criticism, anthropology, mathematics, and physics. Kinokuniya's eBooks are available in Japanese.
• Mason Crest Publishing has quickly established itself as one of the leading young-adult and reference, school and library publishers.  Mason Crest publishes core-related materials for grades 4-12, books that are high-quality and unique to the marketplace.
• Matrix Audio, an imprint of Summersdale Publishers, Ltd. publishes eAudiobook editions of Summersdale trade titles covering travel, literature, humor, self help, martial arts, gifts, and general non fiction.
• Oasis Audio is an audiobook publisher specializing in religious and inspirational titles, as well as in fiction, health, business, children’s and audiobooks of The Complete Idiot's Guide®.
• Pensoft Publishers is a European natural science publisher with programs in zoology, botany, earth and environmental sciences, as well as in mathematics, physics, history, linguistics, and business.
• The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. The Institute publishes in the areas of country and regional studies, globalization, international finance, trade and investment, debt and development, as well as in U.S. economic policy.
• PrePublishing provides eBooks on writing successful resumes and cover letters for specific jobs in the public and private sectors such as finance, medicine and engineering.

The full NetLibrary eContent catalog includes the latest information technology titles, reference essentials, business and economics resources, best-selling fiction titles and more. NetLibrary continually adds different types of eContent to its catalog to further its objective of helping libraries meet the digital demands of their users. A complete list of NetLibrary Publisher Partners is available at:  http://company.netlibrary.com/PublisherPartners.aspx.
For more information about titles available through NetLibrary, contact a NetLibrary representative by sending an e-mail to:  libservices@netlibrary.com.

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