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+1m eBooks via SwetsWise Lisse, The Netherlands June 7, 2011 More than 1 million eBooks now available via SwetsWise! Swets is pleased to announce that SwetsWise, its leading information resource management and procurement platform, has recently expanded its eBook catalog to more than one million publications.