From: "Ashley, Sarah" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:34:30 +0000 Palgrave Macmillan launch ‘Build Your Own Collections’ and the ‘Connect Acquisitions Portal’ on Palgrave Connect Palgrave Macmillan is pleased to announce the launch of ‘Build Your Own Collections’ on Palgrave Connect, a new ebook purchasing model which will provide librarians with greater flexibility. Palgrave’s extensive list of 9,500 ebook titles across the Humanities, Business and Social Sciences will continue to be available as part of our popular ‘Subject Collections’ organised by year, however this new purchasing model enables librarians to construct their own bespoke ebook collections. ‘…Librarians tell us that they value our pre-defined subject collections but we have listened to their desire to have the option of more flexible ways to buy ebooks should they require it. Build Your Own Collections offers them the opportunity to purchase titles specific to their library and patrons; be that from one discipline, multiple disciplines or interdisciplinary subject areas.’ – Samantha Burridge, Executive Director at Palgrave Macmillan Using our specially designed Connect Acquisition Portal (CAP), librarians are able to receive real-time quotes for purchasing titles on the Build Your Own Collections model. This user-friendly ebooks acquisition tool offers librarians further benefits including the ability to run bulk ISBN searches, save searches and save multiple lists that can be amended, shared with other colleagues or ordered at a later date*. MARC21 records are also supplied as soon as orders are processed in the form of either Nielsen BookData records from CAP or via WorldCat Cataloging Partners for OCLC members. Subscribers will benefit from all the features and functionality available on the Palgrave Connect Platform including; - Simultaneous print and online program with new frontlist titles added monthly ensuring access to the most up to date publications - Unlimited concurrent access both on-site and remotely allowing all titles to be accessed no matter the number of users - Permissive DRM with the ability to print, copy and download - EPUB format available for all ebooks from 2011 and 2012 (in addition to PDF) for compatibility with e-readers. For more information, please visit www.palgrave.com/connectbyo * Minimum order applies. About Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan is a global publisher, serving learning and scholarship in higher education and the professional world. We have an established and distinguished track record in international academic publishing with considerable strengths in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Business. Our academic publishing programme includes textbooks, journals, monographs, professional and reference works in print and online. Palgrave Macmillan represents an unbroken tradition of 150 years of independent publishing, continually reinventing itself for the future. For more information, please visit www.palgrave.com. About Palgrave Connect Palgrave Connect now offers access to over 9,500 scholarly ebooks across the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Business publishing, with more than 1,000 titles added each year. Featuring seminal and award winning titles by many of the world’s foremost academic writers, Palgrave Connect is also the winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Resource Award. For further information please contact: Sarah Ashley Marketing Executive [log in to unmask] For more information or to be set up with a CAP account please contact: Customers in the US, Canada and South America [log in to unmask] +1 212 451 8715 Customers in Australia and New Zealand: [log in to unmask] + 613 98251151 Customers in the rest of the world: [log in to unmask] +44(0)207 014 4225