NetLibrary and ABC-CLIO Expand eBook Relationship
New Agreement Calls for Distribution of all ABC-CLIO Frontlist Titles
BOULDER, COLO. – November 17, 2000 – NetLibraryTM, the leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content management services, today announced a new, expanded eBook distribution agreement with award-winning independent reference publisher ABC-CLIO. The agreement will enable NetLibrary's customers in the academic, public, and special library markets to purchase and offer patrons eBook versions of the very latest frontlist titles from ABC-CLIO.
NetLibrary first began digitizing, hosting, and distributing reference content from ABC-CLIO in December 1998. Since then, more than 250 ABC-CLIO books have been created and hosted on NetLibrary's servers for sale to libraries. ABC-CLIO's reference guides on social and environmental issues have been top sellers among NetLibrary's institutional customers.
"As eBooks have become increasingly more sophisticated as research tools, they have begun to change the way we define books and publishing as a whole," said Vince Duggan, vice president of sales and marketing at ABC-CLIO. "We at ABC-CLIO are excited by the prospect of working more closely with NetLibrary. Their eBook infrastructure has facilitated fine sales results of our best selling Contemporary World Issues and World Bibliographic Series."
The expanded frontlist collection of ABC-CLIO eBooks to be made available through NetLibrary covers topics as diverse as the legacy of the Burger Supreme Court to UFOs and popular culture. NetLibrary will offer a wide range of ABC-CLIO encyclopedias, including reference titles on religion, culture, and focused historical topics, such as the ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of the Civil War.
"Our academic, public, and corporate library customers already have demonstrated healthy demand for ABC-CLIO's reference content in eBook format. Frontlist titles from ABC-CLIO will be an outstanding addition to the to the collections we offer," said Rich Rosy, NetLibrary's executive vice president of sales.
Rosy added, "NetLibrary is proud of the work it has done to create the largest collection of reference-able, published content available in eBook format to date, but we could not have done it without the participation of publishers such as ABC-CLIO.".
About ABC-CLIO
ABC-CLIO provides history reference solutions to school, public, and academic libraries worldwide. ABC-CLIO has been the leading publisher of reference resources for historical study and research for more than 45 years.
About NetLibrary
NetLibrary (www.NetLibrary.com) is the leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content management services. Hundreds of publishers of academic, professional, reference, and scholarly books have adopted NetLibrary's digital rights management infrastructure. NetLibrary develops, archives, hosts, and securely distributes eBooks through a variety of channels, including academic, corporate, public, and school libraries. NetLibrary eBooks are full-text searchable and readable on a variety of platforms.
In addition to providing full-text published eBooks to corporations and libraries, NetLibrary offers the Global Print Network, a print-on-demand book solution. peanutpress.com, NetLibrary's handheld eBook subsidiary, is the first technology solution provider to offer contemporary fiction and non-fiction books, newspapers, and magazines for reading on Palm and Windows CE handheld computers. NetLibrary's MetaText digital textbook platform is a full-featured solution for digital textbook content. MetaText allows instructors to customize course content, and the platform facilitates instructor/student and student/student communication.
About the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
Contact:
Brian Bell
NetLibrary
(303) 381-8703
bbell@NetLibrary.com
ABC-CLIO
Mary Kay Jezzini
(212) 673-1812
mary.kay@ix.netcom.com
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