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Book News prepares concise, descriptive reviews of new books in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities — for librarians and other buyers of serious books. We cover titles from hundreds of English-language publishers worldwide, and we license our material to booksellers and aggregators. Please read our copyright statement and our disclaimers.

BACKGROUND

SciTech Book News began in 1976 as a small newsletter describing new science titles for librarians in academic settings. More than thirty years later, the Book News database holds over 280,000 reviews on scholarly books in all subjects, with over 18,000 new titles added annually. The reviews are distributed in both print and electronic formats.

PUBLICATIONS

Our publications include SciTech Book News and Reference & Research Book News.

ON THIS SITE

Publisher pages present the content of SciTech Book News and Reference & Research Book News arranged by publisher (rather than by subject as in the parent publications). We also offer pdf's of current issues for free download.

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Booksellers and information brokers license our material. Current licensees include Books in Print with Reviews, Baker & Taylor Title Source 3, EBSCO, ProQuest, Thomson Gale, GOBI, Majors, and Powell's Books.

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