online "libraries"

[Ron butters]

Thanks very much for the information.

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On Dec 23, 2011, at 7:21 PM, "Garson O'Toole" <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Ronald Butters wrote
>> There are many online libraries such as 'Questia', 'Open Library', which =
>> offer online access for books and journals (Reading online), after the =
>> fee of subscription is paid.=20
>>
>> Are these legal?
>
> The PRNewswire website has an article indicating that Questia obtains
> licenses for content from multiple publishers:
>
> Questia Media Partners With Transaction Publishers to License Nearly
> 1,000 Titles for Online Access
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> The Transaction joins more than 250 other top commercial publishers and
> university presses, including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University
> Press, Perseus Books Group, Taylor & Francis, Greenwood Publishing Group,
> Princeton University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, and Columbia University Press,
> among others, who have licensed their content to the Questia library.
> [End excerpt]
>
> http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/questia-media-partners-with-transaction-publishers-to-license-nearly-1000-titles-for-online-access-54223502.html
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