West Chester, PA, January 28, 2008 – TDNet Inc., a leading provider of e-resource access and management solutions, announced today the launch of its new eBook Manager – the industry’s first service of its kind – providing libraries with the necessary tool for accessing, resolving, and managing e-books.

The newest addition to TDNet’s comprehensive suite of services, eBook Manager currently contains content from leading publishers: Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Springer, Electric eBook Publishing, Blackwell Publishing, and from aggregators, including Ebrary, ScienceDirect, NetLibrary, Knovel Library, Ingenta Connect, Oxford Reference Online, MyiLibrary and many other prominent e-book suppliers. Free e-books are also represented in the eBook Manager knowledgebase. As a stand-alone service, eBook Manager features a customizable A to Z interface that allows users to search and access e-book holdings, or when integrated with TDNet’s Journal Manager, users can perform simultaneous searches of both journals and e-books. Additionally, users can resolve book citations and link to content at the book level using TDNet’s OpenURL link resolver service.

eBook Manager supports a wide variety of searching options: search for books only, combined book and journal search, or search via an independent book search screen. Users also can perform rapid searches for specific e-book content using Book Title, ISBN, Volume, Issue, Edition, Year, Book Author, Editor, Publisher, or Vendor.

"We are proud to be the first in the industry to provide a valuable new service that not only helps libraries improve access to their collections, but also reduces the administrative demands of managing e-book content," said Asher Sofrin, CEO and co-founder of TDNet. "Our mission is to continue to expand the functionality of all our services, including eBook Manager, so that our customers can realize the true value of their e-resources."

TDNet’s eBook Manager is a module of TDNet One L2.0 suite of products. About TDNet TDNet develops and markets advanced solutions for libraries and information centers that require minimal effort from library staff and enable their users to easily view, manage and access e-resources.

Key partnerships with industry leaders complement TDNet’s fully integrated suite of services: Searcher Analyzer federated search service; full text TOUResolver; Journal Manager; Holdings Manager; and the newly-released eBook Manager. Additional Web services, integrated statistics, authentication and reference tools are available.

TDNet’s unique service solution is based on a premier Knowledgebase of metadata for over 260,000 unique titles coupled with extensive experience in the information industry. TDNet’s extensive global customer base includes national consortia, medical consortia, academic, research and special libraries, multinational corporations, and government agencies.

For additional information about TDNet and its services, please visit www.tdnet.com.