PALO ALTO, CA Archives - Book Business

May 10, 2012Pearson's Plug & Play Platform Supported by Apigee Enterprise

Apigee, the API company, today announced that Pearson -- the world's leading learning company -- runs its Plug & Play developer platform on the Apigee Enterprise API management platform. Launched last September, the Pearson Plug & Play initiative delivers APIs (application programming interfaces) that provide developers with access to award-winning Pearson content for exploring, testing and integrating into innovative applications.

April 18, 2012ebrary adds titles from Wiley and 50 new publishers to Academic Complete, by Sue Polanka

From an ebrary press release: April 16, 2012 – Palo Alto, CA, USA – Publishers that distribute e-books to libraries under subscription in addition to other models will receive the greatest value, according to ebrary®, a ProQuest business. ebrary today announced that Wiley along with over 50 newly signed publishers such as American Institute of [...]

March 14, 2012Bookshare celebrates 10 years of providing eBooks to those with print disabilities, by Sue Polanka

March 12, 2012 – Palo Alto, CA – Bookshare, the global leader in providing digital accessible books to people with print disabilities, today announced its 10th anniversary. Throughout the last ten years, Bookshare has been at the forefront of the digital book revolution, applying Silicon Valley technology to pioneer an innovative new approach to a [...]

July 27, 2011King Printing Boosts Its Productivity with HP Inkjet Web Press Upgrade

King Printing has become the first North American book manufacturer to install a new HP T350 Color Inkjet Web Press speed upgrade.

The high reliability, productivity and quality that the short-run book manufacturing specialist based in Lowell, MA, gained with its HP T300 Color Inkjet Web Press led to the upgrade decision. Now, King Printing’s HP T350 Inkjet Web Press is 50 percent faster than its previousl, running at 600 fpm and producing up to 3,927 ppm (letter-size).