CIL Talks E-Books, Why E-Books Need Libraries, Other Deep Thoughts: Your...
First up in this week’s round-up of electronic content and library news we have summaries from two sessions at last week’s Computers in Libraries conference, where several sessions were devoted to the...
View ArticleA Week Full of Statistics: Pew On E-Books, Global E-book Usage and What...
The Pew Internet and American Life Project released a report Wednesday on the increase in e-reading. Their study indicates that the number of American adults who have read an e-book increased from 17%...
View ArticleThe DOJ Files Antitrust Lawsuit, 3 Major Publishers Settle: Your Weekly...
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has filed an antitrust suit against five major publishers and Apple. Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster have agreed to a proposed...
View ArticleGoing DRM Free and What It Means, Plus Pew Surveys for Libraries: Your Weekly...
Every year On the Media examines the publishing industry. This year’s show featured several segments on e-books, including ones about Amazon and its business practices; what Pottermore has done for...
View ArticlePetition for E-Books and Libraries, Microsoft and B&N Join Forces, and More:...
This week, with Library Renewal acting as one of their partners, the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library has created a website, ebooks for libraries, to raise awareness and help convince...
View ArticleAlternative E-Book Lending Models Gaining Ground and Harry Potter Meets...
The Douglas County Library’s e-book lending model has been gaining some traction and attention. The library system negotiates and buys e-books directly from publishers, and then hosts those books on...
View ArticleA Question about the Classics
Recently, Overdrive ran a promotion called the Duke Classics Giveaway, by which libraries that spent more than $3,500 on digital content received access to Overdrive’s Duke Classics Max Access...
View ArticleOpinion Pieces on E-Books and Libraries: Your Weekly Libraries and E-Content...
This week there have been several opinion pieces on the web related to e-books, publishing and libraries. An op-ed from MacObserver focuses on many of the issues related to e-books, access, and the...
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Great ideas on econtent from Montana Libraries
Michael Porter and David Lee King (that’s me) recently presented a workshop on econtent at the Montana State Library’s Fall Workshop. We gave our usual overview of the econtent marketplace, showed some...
View ArticleALA, Apps and an Overdrive Update: Your Libraries and E-Content News Summary
The Double Nook Ebook App Launch A major complaint of patrons who buy Nook tablets (ranging from the Color, to the new HD devices) is that they cannot download ebooks wirelessly. As of this week that...
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Struggling to Satisfy Demand
the reality of the public library ebook marketplace reflected in usage data from a selection of public libraries Matt Weaver, Board member, Library Renewal March...
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