New e-textbook chapters available for rental from SAGE, Palgrave Macmillan, Packt Publishing and Princeton Architectural Press
For Immediate Release
Contact: Amil Tolia
Email: amiltolia@reference-tree.com
Phone: +44 (0) 7786 262577
Website: www.reference-tree.com
London, UK: The leading UK based eTextbook Aggregator, Reference Tree, who over the last 12 months has grown to include 14 of the worlds main textbook publishers in its innovative chapter rental student purchase model, today announced its continued expansion with the inclusion of key titles from four leading academic publishers; SAGE, Palgrave Macmillan, Packt Publishing and Princeton Architectural Press.
Available immediately will be 24 titles from SAGE covering business and education; 27 titles from Palgrave Macmillan covering social sciences in addition to nearly 40 titles from Packt Publishing. 250 titles from Princeton Architectural Press will be available in the coming weeks.
For the first time, core publishers SAGE and Palgrave Macmillan will deliver their content in chapter by chapter format, available for purchase online. Students of business and education disciplines will be able to access core textbooks from SAGE including Education for Sustainable Development; Essentials of Business Research; Marketing Theory, Second Edition; The SAGE Handbook of Philosophy of Education whilst social science students will be able to access essential reading titles from Palgrave Macmillan including Assessment in Counselling; Challenging Social Work; Family Life and Family Support; Foundations of Psychotherapy and Working With Eating Disorders.
Similarly, titles including Unity Game Development Essentials, Unity 3D Game Development by Example Beginner’s Guide, jQuery 1.4 Reference Guide, NetBeans Platform 6.9 Developer’s Guide, Moodle 2.0 First Look and JBoss AS 5 Development from Packt Publishing will be available alongside approximately 250 titles from Princeton Architectural Press. Packt is also the first publisher to offer computer science content through Reference Tree, opening up the benefits of purchasing textbooks online and by the chapter to computer science students across the UK.
Speaking of the announcement, Amil Tolia, CEO Reference Tree, said “Reference Tree is delighted that these highly respected publishers have chosen to partner with Reference Tree. The titles from SAGE and Palgrave Macmillan further enhance the depth of coverage of business, education and social science disciplines within Reference Tree. The inclusion of books from Packt Publishing and Princeton Architectural Press also presents a Reference Tree first. Now students of computer science and architecture & design can use our platform to purchase the information they need and experience the same benefits that students of business, education and the social sciences have enjoyed with Reference Tree since the beginning of the academic year.”
Kevin Lippert, Princeton Architectural Press’ President said “We are pleased to be able to offer our titles to students of architecture design and related disciplines around the UK. We are excited about the potential that Reference Tree’s model can offer and we look forward to growing our collection of available books over the next few months.”
Heather Gopsill, Packt Publishing’s Head of Rights also commented “The Reference Tree model helps us to extend the reach of our content and provide greater choice and accessibility to our users at a time when the current economic situation puts even greater pressure on student budgets.”
SAGE, Palgrave Macmillan, Packt Publishing and Princeton Architectural Press join a wealth of top publishers who already deliver content through Reference Tree, including Cambridge University Press, Taylor & Francis, Hodder Education, Elsevier Science & Technology, Learning Matters, AVA Academia, Scion Publishing and McGraw Hill.
Innovative in approach, Reference Tree offers students a cost-effective way of purchasing their course materials – by the chapter, online. Designed to fit in with changing dynamics of study and learning in today’s digital climate, Reference Tree lets students licence bite-sized chunks of content in 6 or 12 month subscriptions to compliment budgets and course needs. For further information, please visit www.reference-tree.com.
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About SAGE
SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine. An independent company, SAGE has principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC. www.sagepublications.com.
About Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic publisher, serving learning and scholarship in higher education and the professional world. Publishing textbooks, journals, monographs, professional and reference works in print and online, Palgrave Macmillan’s programme focuses on the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Business. For further information please visit www.palgrave.com.
About Packt Publishing
Packt is a modern publishing company, producing cutting-edge books and eBooks for communities of developers and administrators alike. Packt published its first book Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management in April 2004 and has continued to produce highly specialized books on understanding and applying IT technologies. Packt’s solutions-based books and eBooks share the experiences of IT professionals in adapting and customizing today’s systems, applications, and frameworks to provide focused information that is relevant for the fast-changing world of computer science. For further information, please visit http://www.packtpub.com.
About Princeton Architectural Press
For thirty years, Princeton Architectural Press has been a world leader in architecture and design publishing, both in market share and in editorial and design excellence. With over 1000 titles published, the company has made its reputation in part by identifying new trends and publishing first books on emerging talents, as well as definitive works on established names. For further information, please visit http://www.papress.com.
About Reference Tree:
Reference Tree is a new eTextbook Aggregator focussed on the UK Higher Education market. Launched in November 2010 with titles from leading academic Publishers, Reference Tree’s per-chapter model enables students to spread their investment in their textbooks over the year and provides a new digital revenue model for Publishers. Please see http://www.reference-tree.com for more details.