And… another six new titles

“games were the number one category of apps downloaded on the iPhone every month from August 2008 until August 2009. However, in the last four months, book apps have exceeded the popularity of games apps – with one out of every five new apps launching in October having been a book. In September, games apps were overtaken by book apps for the first time.”

It rather sounds to me like fuzzy data in search of a headline, and the press reports fail to make a clear distinction between sales and ‘launching’. Such statistics may perhaps be an artefact of an over-saturated games market, and a sudden flood of ebooks from a particular set of publishers.

NJH : New Jersey History

02 Monday Nov 2009

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Added to the JURN site-index today:—

NJH : Journal of New Jersey History – Studies in State and Regional History (not yet indexed by Google)

JURN Directory updated

02 Monday Nov 2009

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Around 100 titles, of the 126 titles added to the JURN index in October, have now been added to the JURN Directory.

Four new titles added today

02 Monday Nov 2009

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Added to the JURN site-index today:—

Etudes Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Rousseau studies)

Literary Journalism Studies journal

Argotist Online, The (Just indexing the articles and interviews)

Diametros (Philosophy)

The Ecology of Academic Journals

02 Monday Nov 2009

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Due for publication in January 2010, the book The Ecology of Academic Journals by Bozena Mierzejewska…

“The book is written against the backdrop of the complete transformation of scholarly communication. It considers the multifaceted nature of academic journals in a systematic investigation of the journal’s eco-system — a metaphor indicating the importance of relationships between all involved stakeholders, their environments and their functioning as a unit. This book develops a framework which can be used for identifying journal’s market position and developing future directions. It draws on authors practical experience as publisher and editor of academic journals combined with an in-depth knowledge of academic research. It is aimed at journal editors, managers and publishers.”

And… yet another seven additions today

01 Sunday Nov 2009

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Added to the JURN site-index today:—

Journal of Artistic and Creative Education

Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education

Tableau : magazine of the division of humanities at the University of Chicago (1999-2008)

Jeffers Studies (A journal on California poet Robinson Jeffers)

Tradition & Discovery : The Polanyi Society Periodical (1991-2009)

DoubleTake magazine (Ceased publication. Interviews and articles with the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Wim Wenders – free sample articles only)

Hermitage magazine

And another seven additions today

01 Sunday Nov 2009

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Added to the JURN site-index today:—

HKIA Journal (Hong Kong Institute of Architects)

Journal of Mekong Societies (Has some English articles on cultural subjects, e.g. “Water Puppetry and Peasant Life in Vietnam”, and “Traditions of Eroticism in Thai Literature and the Contribution of Sujindaa Khantayaalongkot”).

BRAC University Journal (A wide range of subjects, inc. arts and humanities articles)

New College Academic Journal

FEZANA Journal (Modern Zoriastrianism)

Journal of Ministry and Theology (Baptists)

Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions journal