Cambridge University Press opens up digital platform to rivals (UK)

Cambridge University Press has launched a digital content platform for libraries which it says will become "one of the largest and most significant repositories of digital academic material in the world." From October 2011, University Publishing Online will provide institutions with e-books and "related database products" from publishers across the world. It is based on Cambridge Books Online, which offers access to front and backlist PDF titles. So far the publishers signed up to University Publishing Online are Liverpool University Press, Boydell & Brewer, the Mathematical Association of America and Foundation Books, based in India. CUP said it would reveal further partners in coming weeks - The Bookseller