PRESS RELEASE

29 January 2008, Leeds, UK

Maney chooses DotLib for E-journal sales in South and Latin America

Maney Publishing has recently signed an agreement with distributor and agent DotLib for sales of its electronic products in South America, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Maney's E-journal list features nearly eighty titles and five subject specific MORE (Maney Online Research E-journal) collections: Archaeology and Heritage, Healthcare and Biomedicine, History and Humanities, Language and Literature, and Materials Science and Engineering.

Marcos Assakura, DotLib's Director of Business Development, sees enormous potential from the agreement: “Maney is well-known in South America, but we look forward to developing the uptake of its E-products through our partnerships with key universities and consortia.”

Shelly Lynds, Maney's Director of Sales and Marketing, is pleased to have finalised the agreement: “DotLib have impressed us with the breadth of their distribution and level of service they are able to offer, which will make our E-journals and MORE collections more easily and widely available in these countries. Maney is committed to the broadest dissemination of high-quality research, and making our journal content easy to access is a top priority.”

NOTES TO EDITORS

About DotLib

DotLib represents the fusion of a ".com company" with the academic library environment, combining the technology and dynamism of the IT realm and the strength and reliability of the information that the libraries have. DotLib works to build a partnership with its customers by facilitating access to the information and developing customized solutions to meet the needs of each one of them. Its products consist of a wide variety of books, databases and online journals from the top international publishers across all disciplines. For more information please visit www.dotlib.com or www.dotlib.com.br 

About Maney Publishing

Maney Publishing was founded in 1900 and has offices in the UK in Leeds and London, and in Boston and Philadelphia in North America. With a collection of nearly eighty journals in materials science, humanities, and healthcare and biomedicine, Maney is committed to publishing high quality journals in print and electronic formats that are international in scope and peer-reviewed. Maney publishes extensively for learned societies, universities and professional bodies. Please visit www.maney.co.uk for more information.

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Maney Publishing

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