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Plans move forward to combine EBL and ebrary into a single, best-of-breed e-book platform ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest, an information company central to global research, has completed its acquisition of Ebook Library (EBL), significantly expanding its e-book delivery and aggregation capabilities with libraries worldwide. The acquisition supports ProQuest's overall goal of enhancing the research experience through seamless discovery of content across...
This year’s theme, Advancing Publishing in a Digital World, has already drawn an enormous crowd, with seats expected to sell out soon. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 From May 29-30, 2013, the best minds in digital publishing will convene in the Javits Center in New York City for the highly-anticipated, perennially sold-out IDPF Digital Book 2013 conference. This year’s theme, Advancing Publishing in a Digital World, has already drawn an enormous crowd, with seats expected to sell...
Samuel French, the largest eBook library in theatrical publishing, has partnered with EditionGuard to securely deliver eBooks and ePlays to the theatrical community with Adobe DRM. New York, NY (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 EditionGuard is proud to announce that they have been selected by Samuel French, the largest theatrical eBook and ePlay distributor, to securely deliver eBooks and ePlays to their customers. Founded in 1830, Samuel French has been serving the theatrical community for nearly two...
The Canadian-based company, 123inkcartridges.ca has been constantly adding products to their inventory. The company just announced that the Epson T200120 OEM Durabrite Ultra Black Ink Cartridge is one of the many products recently added. Montreal, Quebec (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Recently, 123inkcartridges.ca made more expansions to their inventory of products. They just added many value packs and among the new products is the Epson T124 new compatible cartridges value pack. The Epson T200120...
The film will be released via Ultra VOD on July 16 and theatrically on August 9th. NEW YORK, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SnagFilms has acquired the exclusive U.S. distribution rights (theatrical, digital, home video and television) toTHE GOOD SON: THE RAY MANCINI STORY. The intimate documentary is based on the book of the same name by Mark Kriegel. After a strong festival run including screenings at The Hamptons International Film Festival and The Philadelphia Film Festival, the...
The ongoing series of eBooks and eGuides focuses on practical guidance and forms that attorneys can put to immediate use. COSTA MESA, Calif., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- James Publishing introduces a free Education Center for lawyers with a focus on practical guidance and forms that can be put to immediate use. This content is provided through eBooks and eGuides, and is available at JamesPublishing.com. The eBooks are several hundred pages long and include detailed book and...
Pinnacle Strategies' New eBook Discusses Invisible Project Threats to Managers Plano, TX (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 Pinnacle Strategies' new eBook shows industry managers how they can discover threats that increase project costs and time. The eBook entitled, “Blindsided! Five Invisible Project Threats Successful Managers Must See,” uncovers how managers can discover the most common invisible threats that are preventing business leaders from getting an accurate idea of project costs....
Preferred dealer Digital Media Systems selected two Christie 4K Projectors for the screening at Lincoln Center. Cypress, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 The highly anticipated world premiere of Warner Bros.’ “The Great Gatsby” lit up the screen in brilliant 3D, thanks to Christie Solaria® Series digital cinema projectors, which brought to life the splendor of the roaring twenties in rich, saturated colors and sharp, 4K-resolution. The star-studded event took place at Avery Fisher Hall,...
Make Mother's Day even more special and memorable by designing a personalized greeting card for her with MobiPixie. MobiPixie applications are available on all smart phones and the web portal. Princeton Jct, NJ (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 "God couldn't be everywhere, so He made mothers." This old saying describes beautifully the significant role mothers have in our lives. To celebrate Mother's day, MobiPixie has added new "Mother's Day" photo frames to its...
Author of ‘Nowhere but Up: The Story of Justin Bieber’s Mom’ inspires readers. Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 Kobo, a global leader in eReading, today announced an exclusive interview with Pattie Mallette, author of Nowhere but Up: The Story of Justin Bieber’s Mom. Kobo recently sat down with Pattie at her Los Angeles home to discuss her book, her writing process, and how being a mom led her to become an author and a philanthropist – inspiring others by telling her...
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Image Credit: Photos.com A podcast is digital media in a series of related content that is downloaded by a subscription through web syndication or streamed online onto either a computer or mobile device. The word podcast was derived from the terms “broadcast” and “pod,” by the success of the iPod. Most podcasts are streamed or downloaded onto mobile devices such as smartphones and the iPod. The podcast is media transferred to a user’s device, similar to a radio or TV broadcast....
The Post-it note is a piece of stationery designed for temporarily attaching notes to documents and other surfaces through the use of a strip of adhesive on the back. They are most commonly seen in a 3-inch square and yellow in color although they can come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. A low-tack adhesive allows the notes to be stuck and removed quickly with no residue left behind. Art Fry, of 3M, created the post-it note by using an adhesive developed by a colleague. 3M was...
A memory card or flash card is used for storing digital information through electronic flash memory. These memory cards are used in digital cameras, mobile phones, laptop computers, MP3 players, and video game consoles. They are compact, recordable, and they retain data without power. PC Cards were among the first commercial memory card formats to come out in the 1990s but are now relegated to industrial applications and for connecting I/O devices such as modems. A number of other memory...
Liquid Paper, a brand of the Newell Rubbermaid Company, is a type of correction fluid used to fix typewriting in the past and now handwriting mistakes. Bette Nesmith Graham created the first correction fluid in 1951. Since she worked as a typist she made many mistakes and wanted to correct them, so she started with tempera paint and created what she called Mistake Out. She even provided her co-workers with bottles that had the brand name on it. Soon Graham was fired from her typist job...
Roll film is any type of spool-wound photographic film. The film is protected from white light exposure by a paper backing as opposed to film which is protected by being wound forward in a cartridge. It was originally referred to as "cartridge" film due to its resemblance to a shotgun cartridge. The film can be loaded in daylight since it has an opaque backing paper. During use, the spool of roll film is pulled across to an identical spool as exposures are made, once the original spool is...
