Analytics Press
News
June 18, 2003
Turning Numbers into Knowledge licensed for electronic distribution by Books24x7
Analytics Press today announced that the book Turning Numbers into Knowledge has been licensed for electronic distribution by Books24x7, the developer of online Referenceware™ for business and IT professionals and a subsidiary of SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL).
Turning Numbers into Knowledge, authored by Jonathan Koomey, Ph.D., is a lively and entertaining guide to beating information overload, honing your decision-making skills, and achieving success in this information-glutted world. For more details, go to http://www.numbersintoknowledge.com.
Books24x7 has incorporated the full text of Turning Numbers into Knowledge into Books24x7's BusinessPro library, an online collection of more than 1,200 unabridged titles from 60 different publishers. The agreement between Analytics Press and Books24x7 gives BusinessPro subscribers the ability to access the text of Turning Numbers into Knowledge in its entirety, or search for specific information using Books24x7's unique multi-tier search engine.
"This agreement with Books24x7 will be instrumental in bringing Turning Numbers into Knowledge to thousands of business professionals. The book's strong applicability across the business world makes it relevant for young analysts who have strong technical skills but have not yet learned the tricks of the analytical trade, as well as more experienced analysts who can use the book to hone their skills" said Koomey.
Books24x7's BusinessPro library has proven to be a valuable resource for ongoing professional development. Subscribers have unlimited access to the entire contents of the BusinessPro collection, including the 15 to 20 new titles added each week. Books24x7 also offers ITPro, a collection of more than 2,500 IT-related titles, FinancePro, a newly available collection of more than 100 finance titles, and OfficeEssentials, an 80-title specialty collection targeted to non-technical users who require occasional real-time assistance with common office applications.
"We're always pleased to add new publishers to the Books24x7 libraries" said John Ambrose, general manager of Books24x7. "The continual expansion of our collections is one of the key benefits we bring to subscribers."
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Jonathan Koomey is a Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in Berkeley, California, and as of July 2003 is beginning a one-year leave from that position. For the 2003-2004 academic year, he will hold the MAP/Ming visiting professorship in energy and environment at Stanford University, which is a joint appointment between the engineering and earth sciences departments.
Koomey holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley, and an A.B. in History of Science from Harvard University. He is the author or co-author of seven books and more than one hundred and thirty articles and reports. Koomey's latest book is Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving, ISBN 0-9706019-0-5, 'www.numbersintoknowledge.com. It is distributed by the Independent Publishers Group (IPG), which can be reached at www.ipgbook.com.
Koomey has appeared on Nova/Frontline, BBC radio, CNBC, All Things Considered, Marketplace, Tech Nation, On the Media, the California Report, Tech TV, KPIX TV (SF), CNET radio, and KQED radio. He has been quoted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, The Washington Post, Science, Science News, American Scientist, Dow Jones News Wires, USA Today, SF Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, Interactive Week, Business 2.0, Salon.com, and Network Magazine.
Analytics Press, a member of the Publishers Marketing Association, has since the year 2000 taught critical thinking skills by publishing books, course materials, and software, and by organizing seminars and workshops. For more details, check out http://www.numbersintoknowledge.com/analyticspress.html.
Books24x7, a subsidiary of SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), offers subscription clients online access to more than 4,000 unabridged IT and business books and reports. Books24x7's patent-pending technology platform enables users to pinpoint business-critical information quickly by performing multi-tier, online searches of the company's Referenceware collections: ITPro, BusinessPro, FinancePro, and OfficeEssentials. Clients include Bank of America, EDS, Avanade, and Lockheed Martin. In addition to Analytics Press, Books24x7 has relationships with more than 85 leading publishers, including AMACOM, ASTD, Harvard Business School Publishing, McGraw-Hill, Microsoft Press, Sybex, and John Wiley & Sons. For more information, visit www.books24x7.com.