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Content is king, consumers are king – given these two axioms, it is no surprise to see cutting‐edge publishers developing content aggregation aggressively. The chimera that the internet offers unlimited free and reliable information is now exploded, and more and more pay‐for information is asserting itself. Surrounded as it is with canny financial and legal privileges and penalties, this is increasingly a field where library and information professionals have to know what they are doing and where the good stuff really is. Ultimately this depends on two things – must‐have content and reliable delivery – and, as with film studios,...