Rocks Backpages update

An update from Rocks Backpages, the music journalism vendor that has amazing historical pop music stories, including audio.  

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Rock’s Backpages (RBP) is now on new servers (with a new content management system and access management system, all built in house) and new technology underlying it, for the users experience:

It is quicker

It looks better on screen

Works wonderfully on any mobile device

And…

·         Enhanced Social networking via Facebook (like/share etc), Twitter and Tumbler

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·         Homepage Genre Quick links: vastly increased – it’s not just Rock!

·         Improved Backpages 365 – it happened on this day in history

·         Guardian News Music link: Every week an RBP archive piece on Guardian music – also links in with the social networking above

·         Academic Charts Online: RBP now links with Academic Charts Online (ACO) allowing seamless linking for ACO users.

·         Images & Tumblr – we often get asked about images and magazine covers etc, but RBP is about the writing, however now you can now see an archive of the relevant materials via tumblr: http://rocksbackpages.tumblr.com/

·         STOP BY RBP's weekly SPOTIFY PLAYLIST, based on our new library pieces.

·         We are delighted to present our brand-new LIBRARIANS' INFO page, complete with account admin facilities, promo and training materials, and licensing and technical info.

·         To our illustrious masthead of contributors we welcome Sounds metal mainstay GEOFF BARTON and Philly-based rockademic DEVON POWERS! See the full list of RBP writers.

To celebrate the New Year and a new Rock’s Backpages we are offering a 20% DISCOUNT* for any institution that places a new subscription order for Rock's Backpages on or before 28th February 2013. 

For those who trialled Rock’s Backpages in the latter half of 2012 we would like to offer a 25% DISCOUNT*, applicable for any institution that trialled RBP between 1^st June 2012 and 31^st December 2012) and places a new subscription order for Rock's Backpages on or before 28th February 2013.