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11/20/2001 Entry: "Net researcher bulks up its library - Tech News - CNET.com"

Net researcher bulks up its library - Tech News - CNET.com

Online research start-up Ebrary, backed by Adobe Systems Chairman John Warnock, on Monday announced partnerships with a trio of major publishers that will expand its virtual library.

As previously reported by CNET News.com, Mountain View, Calif.-based Ebrary has agreed to distribute titles online from academic publisher Greenwood Publishing Group and from John Wiley & Sons, a publisher of scientific, technical and medical books. The company expects to announce a similar agreement with Penguin Putnam in the next few weeks.

Although the market for e-books and other digital publications has been moving at a snail's pace, Ebrary may have an advantage with its focus on "authoritative content." Where consumers are slow to embrace digital versions of novels, analysts have said researchers could benefit from a library of academic information available at the click of a mouse.