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Publishers and searchers find an e-pal in BookStore.
Byline: Daniel Griffin
Publishers and searchers find an e-pal in BookStore
BookStore from MPS Technologies lets publishing companies upload digitised content, but it's more than just a repository. Researchers can use its public web interface to explore and purchase content, either digitally or in print.
Users can choose from three methods of receiving BookStore-hosted content: online read-only, a PDF, or a printed version. Content can be bought from the publishers themselves via BookStore or an e-tailer such as Amazon.
Searches on BookStore work on a similar principle to Google's offering, using keyword findings. BookStore displays the most relevant results from a digitised page. The website has the typical functionality that users will be aware of from sites such as Amazon. Supported features include wishlists (publications the user is interested in), book jacket images and My Bookshelf, a favourites section that lists recently bought or viewed publications.
Searching is categorised across the site as a whole or within a particular book. There are also links to relevant publications, websites and news on future releases of similar publications.
Unlike Google, BookStore requires users to register. Each time a digital book is bought from a different publisher, registration is required. The demographical information entered will belong to whichever publisher you purchase a book from. But it is ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Publishers and searchers find an e-pal in BookStore.