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Press Releases (2009)
Nearly One in Two Americans Read a Book Last Year, According to Bowker's 2008 PubTrack Consumer Survey
In first of regular “Bowker Book Facts” data releases, company reveals age range of American readers, whether women or men are more likely to read books and how much time Americans spend reading versus other entertainment activities

New Providence, NJ - May 29, 2009 - Forty-five percent of Americans over the age of 13 read a book last year and one in three of them were over the age of 55, according to newly released data from PubTrack Consumer.

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Bowker Reports U.S. Book Production Declines 3% in 2008, but "On Demand" Publishing More than Doubles
Traditional publishing faces pivotal year of retrenching, while emergence of new technologies leads to soaring growth in short-run book publishing

New Providence, NJ - May 19, 2009 - Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information management solutions, today released statistics on U.S. book publishing for 2008, compiled from its Books In Print® database.  Based on preliminary figures from U.S. publishers, Bowker is projecting that U.S. title output in 2008 decreased by 3.2%, with 275,232 new titles and editions, down from the 284,370 that were published in 2007.

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LibLime Partners with Syndetics Solutions to Provide Enhanced Bibliographic Content to Koha Libraries

Columbus, OH - May 6, 2009 - LibLime, the leader in open solutions for libraries, and Syndetics Solutions are pleased to announce a partnership to provide enriched bibliographic content to users of the Koha open-source ILS (integrated library system).

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