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27 July 2015

Publishing sector has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry, notes UK survey Publishing sector reportedly has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry, with book piracy at half the rate of copyright theft in film and music. For publishers, fresh from winning a landmark ruling forcing internet service providers to block illegal ebook download sites in Russia and the US, pirates are the enemy. Research commissioned by the government shows that that the literary world has the lowest level of illegal downloads in the entertainment industry. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons publish Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review, an up-to-date board review guide for neurosurgeons Medical and scientific publisher Thieme and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons recently published the Neurosurgery Knowledge Update: A Comprehensive Review, which claims to be the most up-to-date board review guide for neurosurgeons. It features actual cases, over 300 high-quality illustrations and images, clinical overviews, and a question and answer section that mimics the ABNS exam format. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme E-library project led by NGO Electronic Information for Libraries transform scholarship in Myanmar An e-library project led by the international NGO Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) is providing instant access to resources across all disciplines for unlimited number of students to use the same book or journal at the same time. For over a year now, 166,000 students and 4,000 academic staff at seven universities in Myanmar have had round-the-clock access to more than 10,000 scholarly journals and 130,000 academic books. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ICIS adds CFR northeast Asia price assessment to Asian phenol price report ICIS, an information service provider for the chemical industry, has enhanced its Asia phenol price report by adding a CFR (cost & freight) northeast (NE) Asia price assessment, to better reflect current trading patterns and give a vital benchmark for industry players operating in the region. By adding CFR NE Asia prices to the report, ICIS has widened its geographical pricing coverage, offering increased transparency of deals for exports out of China to growing markets, Taiwan and South Korea. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New global initiative to create sustainable educational ecosystem giving engineering students access to diverse, rigorous and low-cost teaching materials ARM, a registered trademark of ARM Limited, has launched a new university alliance partnership that allows industry partners to develop high quality teaching materials based on their own technologies for engineering students around the world. The hardware and software kits will be centered around ARM teaching materials and will offer the most up-to-date professional-standard platforms and tools. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Thinking about Internet Scale); Amy Freitag (Is peer-review best left to academic journals?); Kam Arkinstall (Reproducibility: what are we going to do about it?); Charlie Rapple (Start-up Generation: Characteristics and Experiences of Three Entrepreneurs); and Alistair Scott (Who's talking about your research? Tune in to the digital debate and discover what happens post-publication). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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