Wiley to Offer eBook Options for Professional and Consumer Titles; Publisher Partners With netLibrary Inc. and Lightning Source for Ebook Conversion and Distribution.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2000 Stephen Kippur, Executive Vice President and President, Professional/Trade Publishing, John Wiley John Wiley may refer to:
See: New York Stock Exchange :JWa) (NYSE:JWb) announced today that Wiley has signed agreements with netLibrary and Lightning Source to provide the online distribution of about 750 new frontlist front·list n. A publisher's list of new or current titles. titles per year. Additionally, netLibrary will provide Wiley with digital conversion services. "These partnerships represent important steps by Wiley to provide our 'must-have' content through a variety of eBook options, including formats that are copyright protected, user friendly, and commercially viable." said Mr. Kippur. "Our customers want a wider selection of titles in a broader range of formats through more sales channels. These alliances allow us to serve customers better and drive revenue growth." The announcement signals an expansion of the existing alliance which Wiley and netLibrary commenced in May 2000. Under the new agreement, netLibrary will continue to provide Wiley with digital conversion services and electronic distribution to netLibrary's customers in the corporate, academic and public library markets. Most immediately, netLibrary will manage conversion, fulfillment and hosting for 750 of Wiley's new frontlist eBook titles. The titles will be drawn from Wiley's trade and professional business, finance, computer, psychology, technical and general interest lists. netLibrary will convert the eBook titles to a variety of file formats, including the netLibrary online and offline readers Software that downloads e-mail and selected data from an online service or the Internet, allowing the user to browse the captured material after disconnecting. It automates retrieving routine data and saves online fees by shortening the connect time. See offline browser. , oeb, .pdf, and .lit files. Wiley also forged an alliance with Lightning Source to provide digital fulfillment of Wiley's eBooks through additional channels of distribution, including a number of upcoming major retail initiatives. Lightning's distribution relationships will give Wiley access to a wide range of consumer markets, providing both their trade and more technical titles in multiple formats. Lightning Source also brings to the alliance a growing digital library, content management, and a robust and secure digital fulfillment system. Wiley's wide distribution of eBook files include those compatible with multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. , including handheld PDAs such as Palm devices, handheld reader devices such as Softbook and Rocketbook, netLibrary's desktop online eBook reader, and downloadable desktop platforms such Adobe, Glassbook, Microsoft and netLibrary's offline eBook reader. Wiley will offer frontlist titles in all appropriate eBook formats, depending upon the typographical ty·pog·ra·phy n. pl. ty·pog·ra·phies 1. a. The art and technique of printing with movable type. b. The composition of printed material from movable type. 2. complexity, trim size The size of a map or chart sheet when the excess paper outside the margin has been trimmed off after printing. , and audience for the title. In addition to providing conversion services, netLibrary will enable sell-through of Wiley professional and trade eBook titles through its multiple distribution channels. "netLibrary is excited to have been chosen by Wiley to create, host, distribute, and manage this expanded content collection," said netLibrary President and Chief Executive Officer Rob Kaufman. "By working together, netLibrary and Wiley are ensuring that libraries, corporate universities, and their patrons and students will have access to an outstanding collection of professional, academic, and trade eBooks." "Wiley's agreement with Lightning will provide retail eBook buyers with access to a range of high quality trade and firstlist academic and professional titles that have not been typically available as eBooks," said Lightning Source President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Ed Marino. "At this phase in the development of the eBook market, the availability of these kinds of titles - particularly business, technical and reference titles - is highly desirable." About Wiley Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., is a global publisher of print and electronic products, specializing in professional and consumer books and subscription services; scientific, technical, and medical books and journals; and textbooks and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students as well as lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing and distribution centers in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company's Class A and Class B shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbols JWa and JWb, respectively. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at www.wiley.com. About netLibrary Inc. netLibrary (www.netLibrary.com) is the leading provider of eBooks and Internet-based content management services. netLibrary's digital rights management infrastructure has been adopted by hundreds of publishers of academic, reference, scholarly, and trade books. 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 read·a·ble adj. 1. Easily read; legible: a readable typeface. 2. Pleasurable or interesting to read: a readable story. 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 (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. . netLibrary's MetaText digital textbook The Digital Textbook program was announced by the Education Ministry of South Korea on March 8th 2007, the program intends to provide for all Korean schools by 2011. History platform is a full-featured solution for digital textbook content. MetaText allows i nstructors to customize course content, and the platform facilitates instructor/student and student/student communication. About Lightning Source Lightning Source Inc., a subsidiary of Ingram Industries Ingram Industries is a company based in the United States founded by the late Erskine Bronson Ingram and still owned and run by the Ingram family. Ingram Barge Company was founded by his father, Orrin Henry Ingram. Inc., provides a comprehensive suite of digital fulfillment services. The company is revolutionizing the options available to the industry in the secure conversion, storage, management, and distribution of digital content. Lightning stores books and other information electronically and delivers them "on demand" in either traditional printed format or as eBooks in response to orders from booksellers, librarians, and publishers. Lightning Source has printed more than 1,300,000 "on demand" books for more than 700 publishers around the world. For more information, visit the Lightning Source website at www.lightningsource.com. |
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