goReader, Inc. and Addison Wesley Sign Agreement to Offer Electronic Textbooks on goReader Device; Addison Wesley First Major Publisher to Offer Higher Education Content On e-Book Device.Business/High-Tech/Publishing/Education Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2000 goReader, Inc., an electronic book and reading device company focused on education, announced today that it will partner with Addison Wesley (AW), a part of the Pearson Education Pearson Education is an international publisher of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools. Pearson Education is part of Pearson PLC. It is headquartered in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. family of companies and a leading publisher of higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. textbooks, to provide electronic textbooks to college and university students nationwide. This agreement provides goReader with exclusive access for e-book devices to 134 of AW's best-selling business, computer science, mathematics, liberal arts liberal arts, term originally used to designate the arts or studies suited to freemen. It was applied in the Middle Ages to seven branches of learning, the trivium of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, and the quadrivium of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music. and science titles. The titles will be available on the goReader electronic e-book device for students to purchase beginning in summer 2001. "As a proven innovator in higher education publishing, Addison Wesley is once again leading the industry as the first major publisher to offer its content on the only e-book device specifically designed for students," said Rich Katzmann, 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. of goReader. "Through this partnership, we hope to improve the learning process by offering students the familiarity of traditional textbooks with the value-added benefits of an electronic device." Designed specifically for students, the goReader offers features not available with current e-book readers. The device features a 7.3" X 9.7" color high-resolution screen that performs navigation and feature operation such as multi-color highlighting, note taking and book marking. The goReader holds more than 250 textbooks and displays complex color content that includes images, graphs, tables and formulas. "For the first time, students will realize the benefits of an electronic textbook without having to compromise the way they currently study," said Alison Pendergast, Vice President-Media Technology at Addison Wesley. "We selected goReader to distribute our titles because it offers a superior platform for delivering textbooks on an e-book device." About goReader goReader, Inc., www.goReader.com, is committed to improving and enhancing the learning experience for students. It is the first and only e-book company to offer electronic content on a portable device specifically designed for the education market. goReader conversion services provide publishers with an efficient, accurate and cost-effective means of converting traditional printed content of various formats into Open Ebook An XML-based standard for electronic books and Web publishing from the International Digital Publishing Forum (www.idpf.org). Introduced in 1999 and officially known as the "Open eBook Publication Structure Specification" (OEBPS), Open eBook publications are not read directly by an e-book (OEB See Open eBook. )/XML. goReader secures publishers' content and prevents copyright infringement Noun 1. copyright infringement - a violation of the rights secured by a copyright infringement of copyright plagiarisation, plagiarization, piracy, plagiarism - the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own and piracy through its unique digital rights management solution. Established in 1999, the company is headquartered in Chicago. About Addison Wesley Addison Wesley is one of the world's largest and most respected academic publishers. Part of the Pearson Education family of companies, AW's imprints offer the most innovative textbooks, multimedia, and learning programs available today! About Pearson Education With offices in 30 countries, Pearson Education is the world's largest education business. Its leading brands include Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Benjamin Cummings, Longman, Prentice Hall, Pearson Learning, Scott Foresman, Computer Curriculum Corporation, and NCS (Network Call Signaling) CableLabs version of MGCP. See MGCP/MEGACO. NCS - Network Computing System: Apollo's RPC system used by DEC and Hewlett-Packard.The protocol has been adopted by OSF. Pearson. Pearson Education is the global leader in online learning through its 1,400 textbook companion Web sites, CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. NovaNET, and the InformIT portal for technology professionals. For more information, visit www.pearsoned.com |
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