HAWTHORNE, N.Y., Sept. 12, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- SmartPros Ltd. (AMEX:PED), a leading developer of accredited continuing professional education and corporate training, today announced the launch of SmartPros Book Digests(tm), a new subscription product for its core client base.
SmartPros Book Digests features more than 600 online business book summaries adapted from the most popular titles on the market. Each book is carefully condensed into 300, 600 and 4,500 word digests, enabling the subscriber to quickly and easily absorb a book's core concepts. The annual subscription features as many as 50 new digests each year. All digests are published in PDF format, allowing subscribers to quickly download, read and/or print.
"SmartPros Book Digests is a great tool for professionals looking to develop their business management skills," said Dr. William Grollman, SmartPros Co-Founder and President. "Our corporate clients will find this a cost-effective way to empower their employees with a universe of best practice knowledge they can apply to their own jobs. The library can be viewed as an employee benefit -- one which ultimately benefits the company."
Content for SmartPros Book Digests was licensed through industry-leading publisher, Business Book Review, LLC, (BBR). SmartPros integrated the BBR content into the SmartPros Professional Education Center (PEC)(tm), SmartPros' turn-key Learning Management System (LMS). This enables any SmartPros client to instantly add the library to any existing user account.
In addition to its corporate customers, SmartPros will offer SmartPros Book Digests to individual subscribers and also through participating channel partners.
Annual subscriptions include full access to all new reviews and the complete archive. Users can also purchase individual digests. You can access SmartPros Book Digests at: www.smartpros.com/bookdigests
About SmartPros Ltd.
Founded 1981, SmartPros Ltd. is an industry leader in the field of accredited professional education. Its products and services are primarily focused in the accredited professional areas of corporate accounting, financial management, public accounting, governmental and not-for-profit accounting, ethics and compliance, and engineering. SmartPros' customers include over half of the Fortune 500 companies, as well as the major firms and associations in each of its professional markets. SmartPros provides education and content publishing and development services in a variety of media including Web, CD-ROM and video. Our subscription libraries feature hundreds of course titles and 1,000+ hours of accredited education. SmartPros' proprietary Professional Education Center (PEC) Learning Management System (LMS) offers enterprise distribution and administration of education content and information. In addition, SmartPros produces a popular news and information portal for accounting and finance professionals that services 300,000+ visitors and 100,000+ subscribers per month. Visit: http://corporate.smartpros.com
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