NINE ADDITIONAL PRESSES COMMIT TO PROJECT MUSE E-BOOK PROGRAM

Project MUSE is pleased to announce that nine more distinguished
university presses have signed contracts to participate in its new
initiative to offer e-book collections alongside its highly successful
electronic journal collections.

The newly confirmed participants include Catholic University of America
Press, Columbia University Press, Fordham University Press, Georgetown
University Press, Syracuse University Press, University of Hawaii Press,
University of Michigan Press, University of Texas Press, and University of
Wisconsin Press. These presses bring to eighteen the current number of
not-for-profit scholarly publishers committed to contributing high quality
frontlist monographs to MUSE's planned e-books collections.

Preliminary information gathered from the currently confirmed presses
indicates that MUSE's initial Fall 2011 offering will contain upwards of
350 books, across a broad range of scholarly disciplines, complementing
the depth and breadth of humanities and social sciences content offered
through MUSE's widely adopted journal collections. The anticipated
collection size will continue to grow as more publishers sign on. MUSE
expects to offer in its first season both a complete collection of all
books in the program, and selected subject-based collections. Subject
collections will be built around areas of critical mass among the specific
books included, and are expected to complement MUSE's existing strengths
in disciplines such as literature, history, and religion.

MUSE e-book collections will be offered for purchase on a seasonal
(Fall/Spring) basis, with the first collections available for Fall 2011.
Specific details, including lists of included titles, and collection
pricing, will be released no later than March 2011. MUSE is already in
conversation with both North American and international consortia and
libraries regarding e-book collection purchasing, and welcomes further
feedback as we fine-tune our offering. From a user perspective, book
content will be fully integrated with journal content on MUSE's trusted
platform, offering a rich environment for discovery and research.

Other publishers already announced as participating in the program are
Baylor University Press, Brookings Institution Press, ELT Press, Indiana
University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Kent State University
Press, Penn State University Press, Purdue University Press, and
University of Illinois Press.

Further information on the Project MUSE e-books initiative may be found at
http://bit.ly/cO7GiN. Project MUSE currently provides full-text,
affordable subscription access to content from scholarly journals in the
humanities and social sciences to over 2,000 libraries and millions of
users worldwide. MUSE provides a sustainable electronic publishing
platform for its more than 100 participating publishers, which include
university presses, societies, and independent publications. For over
fifteen years, MUSE has been an integral part of the academic community,
successfully serving the needs of librarians, scholars, and publishers.


Melanie Schaffner
Marketing and Sales Manager, Project MUSE
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 N Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
P 410-516-3846
F 410-516-3846
mbs@press.jhu.edu