University Press tries digital publishing
From the article:

The University of Pittsburgh Press is dipping its toe into the uncharted depths of the digital publishing waters.

Joining with Pitt’s library system, the press is making about 30 scholarly titles in its Latin American Series available for viewing online free through its Web site — a move that eventually could lead the press to make most of its 500 scholarly publications available for online viewing.

“Right now, it’s an experiment to learn how people use our books,” explained Peter Kracht, director of electronic publishing. “We’re making one small portion of our back list available so we can watch for usage patterns. Are they looking for references, for material for classes or their writings? How do our books satisfy different uses?”

While browsers can download individual pages and the entire book can be read online, the complete book is available only for purchase in its bound form. None of the books is in the public domain and the press holds the electronic reproduction rights.

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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