From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]>:
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:42:36 -0500

The news du jour: the academic e-book market shrinks as two
competitors are about to become one entity.

http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/2013/01/22/proquest-to-acquire-ebl-ebrary-and-ebl-services-to-merge/

See also this, via Gary Price, Co-Founder and Editor, Library
Journal's INFOdocket.com - BTW, INFOdocket is full of the latest
information about all kinds of things -- highly recommended!

http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/01/ebooks/proquest-acquires-ebl-will-merge-with-ebrary/