We work with the British Library to help in the processing, packaging & distribution of digital materials. Our first project — 60,000+ historical 19th century works — span 21 separate collections. The books are available globally in print-on-demand and via a very successful 19th Century Historical Collection iPad App that now has over 350,000 readers in over 150 countries. We will continue to roll out innovative products with the British Library into the future where they earn money from each sale in order to support their mission.
This incredibly challenging project required the development of automated software and processes to split two-up files (unsuitable for printing) on files digitized from microfilm, for books published prior to 1700. We have and continue to process tens of thousands of books from this collection for print-on-demand distribution. The corpus of these materials was also organized into 19 retail collections to help us find interested readers and customers more effectively. Libraries contributing to the EEBO collection that are part of this print-on-demand offering earn revenue on these sales.
BiblioGov is our project focused on the publication of government materials. We believe a well informed citizenry is vital to a strong democracy. We have published and will continue to publish tens of thousands of government publications each year — making this body of knowledge more accessible to all.
Nabu Press is the imprint of our sister company, Nabu, LLC. We handle distribution of Nabu Press books. Nabu Press differs from BiblioLife and our other projects in that the books published by Nabu Press have not been hand curated. Hand curation is a lengthy process. We believe the books published by Nabu Press are culturally important, and should be available in as many formats as possible as soon as possible. As these books go through the laborious process of hand curation and enrichment, they will become part of one or more of our other collections.
This is our project group focused on specialized historical & academic content. Curators are able to discover, select and enhance important books in their discipline of study. We are currently releasing the Asia & Far East Collection and will be releasing other collections with leading academic professionals throughout the year. These collections vary in size based on the subject matter and will be available in both print and electronic formats.
