Extended Partnership Between Soomo Publishing and the College Publishing Group of CQ Press

LOS ANGELES, LONDON, NEW DELHI, SINGAPORE and WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The College Publishing Group of CQ Press, which publishes authoritative textbooks on political science and journalism, today announced an extended partnership with Soomo Publishing, publisher of web-based ancillaries for the college market. This continuing partnership between two independent publishers provides instructors and students in Comparative Government courses with a low cost instructional package jam-packed with top-notch content and engaging new media.

With the new agreement, Soomo will incorporate an e-book version of CQ Press's "Introducing Comparative Politics, Concepts and Cases in Context" by Carol Ann Drogus and Stephen Orvis into their web-based product, Comparing Governments (www.comparinggovernments.com).

Through an analysis of new scholarship and by providing an "ideal middle ground" between traditional and current approaches, Introducing Comparative Politics offers a thematic introduction to the field, bolstered with country-based case studies. This new web collection includes the "who, what, where, and why" of comparative politics in Comparing Governments, Soomo's online resource drawing from documentaries, essays, primary documents, interviews, magazines and journals to present a collection of interactions that leave students wanting to know more. 

"Comparing Governments provides ready-to-use, interactive assignments that engage students and incite classroom discussion, utilizing the best of the web resources available today for comparative politics courses," said David Lindrum, founder and CEO of Soomo Publishing.

"We're pleased to incorporate Introducing Comparative Politics into the well-received Comparing Governments suite," commented Brenda Carter, Executive Director of the CQ Press College Publishing Group. "Soomo's online resources engage students, challenge the status quo, and do so at a reasonable price - something we've also continuously worked toward here at CQ Press. And this latest version of Comparing Governments, with the new CQ Press content, will be available for instructors to use as soon as the spring 2010 semester."

CQ Press is a leading publisher of college books and reference materials focusing on political science and journalism. Based in Washington, D.C., CQ Press is a division of SAGE, the world's leading independent academic and professional publisher (www.sagepublications.com), and is known in classrooms, libraries and professional markets for its objectivity, depth of coverage, and editorial excellence. www.cqpress.com

Soomo Publishing (www.soomopublishing.com), an independent publisher of web-based resources for college students, works with teaching professionals to create web-based collections of insightful, thought-provoking content designed to guide student thinking, encourage reflection, and spark classroom discussion. Soomo Publishing's Comparing Governments, offers assignments in either country-based or theme-based formats. In either format, the digital reader offers extensive comparative data and real world stories that exemplify fundamental and common themes among the world's nations.  www.comparinggovernments.com

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