Books in a virtual world: The evolution of the e-book and its lexicon

http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00014626/01/Armstrong_BooksinaVirtualWorld_JOLIS.pdf
Chris Armstrong, Information Automation Limited
Abstract
Over recent years there has been considerable confusion over the use of the term ‘e-book’, and this article examines the variety of definitions used to date while proposing a definitive construct. Beginning by examining the definitions of ‘book’, the paper moves on to consider the essential element of a book – [...]

Duke University Press launches new electronic book collection

For immediate release,
September 9, 2008
For more information, contact
Kimberly Steinle, Library Relations Manager libraryrelations@dukeupress.edu dukeupress.edu/library.edukebooks/index.html
Michael McCullough, Sales Manager
mmccullough@dukeupress.edu
Duke University Press announces the official launch of a new electronic book product, the e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection
Duke University Press is pleased to announce the launch of the new e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection. This collection provides online access to [...]

BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC – A NEW PUBLISHING IMPRINT WITH AN OPEN CONTENT BUSINESS MODEL

Bloomsbury Publishing announced today that it is launching into academic publishing with a new imprint: Bloomsbury Academic.
All books will be made available free of charge online, with free downloads, for non-commercial purposes immediately upon publication, using Creative Commons licences. The works will also be sold as books, using the latest short-run technologies or Print on [...]

Research Strategies

http://www.acts.twu.ca/LBR/textbook.htm
a textbook in informational research for students in higher education.

A First Course in Linear Algebra

http://linear.ups.edu/
A First Course in Linear Algebra is an introductory textbook aimed at college-level sophomores and juniors. Typically such a student will have taken calculus, but this is not a prerequisite. The book begins with systems of linear equations, then covers matrix algebra, before taking up finite-dimensional vector spaces in full generality. [...]

Introduction to economic analysis

http://www.introecon.com/
by R Preson McAffee, CIT
free to download in pdf

Freeload press

http://www.freeloadpress.com/index.aspx
This section lists all the FREE books and study aids from Freeload Press and our publishing partners.  You must be logged into our system in order to download eTextbooks books.

PsycBOOKS adds 15 titles

PsycBOOKS added the following titles to its coverage list in July 2008. Of the titles added, 2 were an APA book and 13 were designated classic books.  Classic books are landmark titles in psychology and are selected by APA experts.
APA Books
1.    Medically unexplained illness: Gender and biopsychosocial implications, © 2008, by Johnson, Susan K.
2.    Self-criticism [...]

The Australian National Dictionary

http://203.166.81.53/and/
In the tradition of the Oxford English Dictionary, the Australian National Dictionary Centre – a joint initiative of the Australian National University and Oxford University Press – published The Australian National Dictionary: A Dictionary of Australianisms on Historical Principles in 1988.
Oxford University Press has been publishing in Australia since 1908 and, in recognition of this [...]

Books from the Past

http://www.booksfromthepast.org/
Books from the Past is an on-line collection of books of Welsh national cultural interest which have long been out of print.