HOUSTON (June 13, 2005) -- Questia Media, Inc., the world’s largest online academic library and research service announced today an agreement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa)(NYSE: JWb), to license more than 1,300 of the publisher’s books and 30 of its journals. Beginning in summer 2005, Questia will provide customers, via its online service, with access to books and journals from Wiley’s Professional/Trade and Scientific, Technical and Medical publishing programs including back volumes dating back to 1997.
Questia’s business model, which is based on individual subscriptions for students and educators at community colleges, provides publishers with a new channel to reach this market, where the demand for access to professional-level backlist and out-of-print books and journal content is growing rapidly. Questia offers its publishers intellectual property protection from digital copyright violation since its content is not available for downloading or off-line viewing and the books are displayed one page at a time, maintaining the original pagination.
“We are excited to partner with one of the most distinguished publishing houses in the industry,” said Troy Williams, president and CEO of Questia. “We are pleased to provide these valuable new resources to students and educators who enjoy the 60,000 full-text books and over one million journal, magazine and newspaper articles available on Questia for scholarly research.”
“We are pleased to be able to work with Questia to better meet the needs of our customers in the community college market,” said Kristin Kliemann, vice president and director of Global Rights for Wiley. “We believe offering our content in Questia’s Online Library will give students and instructors convenient access to the content they need to succeed.”
Wiley joins more than 250 other top commercial publishers and university presses, including Palgrave Macmillan, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Perseus Books Group, Taylor & Francis, Princeton University Press and Columbia University Press, among others, who have licensed content to the Questia library.
About John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Founded in 1807, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Its core businesses include scientific, technical, and medical journals, encyclopedias , books, and online products and services; professional and consumer books and subscription services; and educational materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has publishing, marketing, and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley’s internet site can be accessed at http://www.wiley.com.
About Questia
Questia Media, Inc. provides the world’s largest online academic library and research resource. Students, instructors, and lifelong learners in more than 190 countries use Questia’s collection of full-text, copyrighted books and articles for scholarly research.
A digital toolkit enables researchers to highlight text, properly cite passages, and automatically generate bibliographies and footnotes. In addition, Questia provides a personalized workspace for each user, complete with an individual bookshelf and reference resources. Designed for use by educators and students to enhance curricula, the Questia service also includes the Questia Classroom, a teacher/student resource center that integrates the digital library content into class instruction.
Questia’s unlimited, 24/7 access allows researchers to simultaneously use every item in its online, scholarly library from any connected corner of the world.
Founded in 1998, Questia Media is based in Houston. For more information, visit http://www.questia.com/.