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Each month Liz Thomson takes an in-depth look at a company leading the way in innovation and a role within the publishing industry.

Up in the clouds – that’s where a small but increasing number of readers are looking for books.

01 Apr 2010 | Liz Thomson

A year on from its launch, Liz Thomson hears from Richard Charkin about Bloomsbury’s Public Library Online

No one would deny that there is a crisis in public libraries and it won’t be over on 6 May. Whatever may be promised in the scramble for votes, nobody expects the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to find a pile of cash with which to boost book budgets. There is, however, money available for digital projects and while that in itself causes apoplexy in some quarters, it does prove that every cloud has a silver lining.

Except in this case it’s the cloud itself that’s a shimmering silver. For Bloomsbury Library Online, now rebranded Public...


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A virtual tipping point? 01 Dec 2009
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