Looks as if Amazon may become a more prominent feature in the academic library. A front page article in Information World Review has reported that academic publishers have endorsed a new intiative from the online bookseller that will allow users to purchase books in small parts, such as chapters or even pages. In fact, Tim Harty of legal publisher Sweet & Maxwell, comments that publishers will be able to let some books go out of print, secure in the knowledge that the edition is available electronically. (From Information World Review, Issue 219, pg.1)