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SwetsWise places eBooks procurement portal into Beta Testing

Swets announced earlier today that its newly developed eBooks
procurement portal has entered into Beta Testing. The portal integrates
a comprehensive eBook catalog and procurement options into existing
SwetsWise services, most notably SwetsWise Subscriptions. These features
will provide customers with a single source for eBooks purchasing and a
means to select the desired access route to their acquired content, be
it via publishers directly or through an aggregator.

Swets has seen a steady increase in demand for eBook content over the
past couple of years but its customers have raised issues with the
complexity of the selection and acquisition processes that are currently
available to them. Swets is ideally suited to address these issues,
thanks to its expertise in handling subscriptions to electronic content
and in particular the complex pricing and access models associated with
them.

"Our customers have been clear in asking for a single platform from
which they could discover and compare available vendors and purchasing
options for eBook content. Our new procurement portal will satisfy this
need," said Debbie Dore, Chief Commercial Officer at Swets. "Thanks to
the full integration with our existing SwetsWise services it also
creates a unique environment where librarians, information
professionals, students and researchers can browse, acquire, access,
manage and evaluate all of their purchased content, irrespective of
published format."

SwetsWise Subscriptions has already established itself as the most
comprehensive subscriptions management and procurement service
available, playing an essential role in the cost reduction efforts of
thousands of libraries and information centers around the globe. It
facilitates the essential interaction with publishers needed to ensure
the timely delivery of subscriptions in the format information users and
knowledge workers require. Expanding SwetsWise's scope to include eBooks
enables customers to retain unprecedented control over all their
acquired content and provides them with a unique and attractive
alternative to traditional book suppliers and other agencies. 

The Beta Testing period for SwetsWise's eBooks portal is expected to run
until early February 2010.


Swets will be holding scheduled demonstrations of the SwetsWise eBooks
platform at Online Information, 1st - 3rd December, 2009 on Stand 644.
Please feel free to join us: 
Tuesday 1st & Wednesday 2nd December 
10.45am 
2.00pm 
3.30pm 
Thursday 3rd December 
10.45am 
2.00pm 
Alternatively if you have specific questions and would like to see a
member of our team, please either drop by our stand - 644 or book a
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Have you heard... SwetsWise eBooks. Coming soon
Ask now for further information
Visit us at Online Information, 1st-3rd December 2009, Stand 644

Swets are GreenWise, so join us and please consider the environment
before printing this email.

Laura Gilbert
Marketing & Communications Executive

Swets Information Services
Swan House
Wyndyke Furlong
Abingdon Business Park
Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 1UQ

Tel : + 44 (0) 1235 - 857583
Fax: + 44 (0) 1235 - 857503

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http://www.swets.com


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Swets Information Services Ltd 
Registered Office: Swan House, Wyndyke Furlong, Abingdon Business Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1UQ, England 
Company registered number - 00165100
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