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"Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Manhattan, 5th Edition" Selected as August eBook of the Month
Monthly content promotion provides free access to new and notable releases
BOULDER, COLO.— NetLibrary, in partnership with Wiley Publishing Inc., has selected “Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Manhattan” as the August eBook of the Month. Full of insider information on The City that Never Sleeps, the “Irreverent Guide to Manhattan” will be provided with unlimited access August 1-31 to more than 12,000 member libraries and their patrons.
Frommer's series of Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious. Praised by readers and critics alike, Irreverent Guides provide an insider’s perspective on what attractions are overrated and where to find the secret gems. It’s "like being taken around by a savvy local," according to The New York Times.
Written by Ethan Wolff, “The Irreverent Guide to Manhattan” provides the straight scoop on old chestnuts like the Empire State Building, as well as the skinny on new hotspots such as the sleek "neo-lounges" on the Lower East Side. With the Irreverent Guide, readers become as mobile as the locals: a dim sum brunch in a bustling Chinatown banquet hall is just a subway ride away from a soul-food dinner in Harlem.
Throughout August, patrons of member libraries will be able to access the full text of “Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Manhattan” from in-library computers or by logging into NetLibrary as a remote user. To help promote the eBook of the Month program, NetLibrary will provide participating libraries with sample press releases, banners and other promotional resources that can be downloaded from the NetLibrary site.
In coming months, NetLibrary will highlight new, noteworthy and award-winning titles selected from our catalog of more than 70,000 eBooks. In many cases, titles will be selected that support industry-wide literacy and awareness initiatives, including Black History Month, Women's History Month and National Poetry month. More information on NetLibrary’s eBook of the Month campaign is available at:
http://legacy.netlibrary.com/help/ebookofthemonth/overview.asp
Since the 1957 publication of Arthur Frommer's revolutionary “Europe on $5 a Day,” the Frommer's collection of travel products has expanded to include over 300 guidebooks as well as the popular Frommers.com Web site, reaffirming Frommer's as the most trusted name in travel today. Frommer’s is part of the Wiley Publishing Inc. family of companies, which provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Its core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias, books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com.
The NetLibrary division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (www.netlibrary.com) helps academic, public, corporate and special libraries create a richer, more productive learning environment for their patrons. By combining the time-honored traditions of the library system with electronic publishing, NetLibrary offers an easy-to-use information retrieval system for accessing the full text of reference, scholarly, and professional books. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (www.oclc.org) is a nonprofit organization and leader in computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing and preservation services to libraries worldwide.
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