The big 6 publisher HarperCollins (owned by Rupert Murdoch, curiously enough) has recently announced a new policy for ebooks lent from libraries. Libraries will now only be allowed to lend an ebook 26 times before they are forced to buy another copy. Apparently HarperCollins believes that’s when the electrons that make up an ebook are [...]
Entries Tagged as 'libraries'
HarperCollins takes first step to kill off ebook libraries
February 25th, 2011 · 5 Comments · opinion
Tags:ebook·harpercollins·kill·libraries·step
Libraries and Amazon
January 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
Libraries and Amazon. Not exactly two words that are spoken in the same sentence without being to the detriment to the latter. Especially when the latter is also one of the largest book retailers in the world with a popular ereader that is heavy on the DRM and (most notably) currently incompatible for library ebook [...]
On the closing of libraries (humor)
January 26th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
If you’ve been following the news lately then you probably know about the budget problems in the US and UK. One regrettably common response to the budget shortfall is to close libraries. Tom Gauld drew this comic a few days ago in The Gaurdian. It pretty much sums up what books will do with their [...]
Ebook Lending Libraries roundup
January 25th, 2011 · 7 Comments · tips and tricks
I just heard on Twitter about another website that let you lend ebooks. Just for the sake of curiosity I went through my posts and gathered a list of all the ebook lending sites I’ve covered so far. Counting GoodReads, I’m up to 6 7-8 9. And now I’m down to 7 sites where you [...]
Overdrive report ebook checkouts at libraries up 200 percent in 2010
January 6th, 2011 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Libraries and schools worldwide were at the forefront of the eBook boom in 2010, as patrons and students downloaded millions of digital books for iPhone®, Android™, Sony® Reader, NOOK™, and personal computers. More than one million new users signed on to access free eBooks, audiobooks, and more from ‘Virtual Branch’ websites [...]
Tags:200·2010·checkouts·ebook·libraries·overdrive·percent·report
Kindle users already forming community lending libraries
December 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments · ebookstore news
by Chris Walters There are days when I love the Internet. It’s been less than 24 hours since Amazon rolled out ebook lending, and already there are at least four places online where you can lend and borrow Kindle titles with complete strangers.
New Facebook group launched to promote free e-readers in libraries
August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
By Tony Cole reposted with permission from eBookAnoid Today I came across a report about a group that has been started up on FaceBook, with the aim of getting governments all over the world to ensure that Libraries can lend their public eBooks — complete with the eReaders needed to read them. This strikes me [...]
Tags:ereaders·facebook·free·group·launched·libraries·promote
No Shelf Required – new book about ebooks in libraries
August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · publishing news
Sue Polanka, editor of the No Shelf Required blog, has taken her experiences as a librarian with Wright State University and written a book on ebooks in libraries. It’s coming out this month. Here’s an excerpt from the introduction: No Shelf Required: E-books in Libraries offers readers an opportunity to explore the challenges that e-books [...]
Thoughts on the Kindle and libraries
July 15th, 2010 · 8 Comments · digital library, opinion
I came across an interesting story yesterday about the West Vancouver Memorial Library and how they now have 6 Kindles on hand that can be checked out to library patrons. I was sitting here and pondering the cost benefit analysis of a Kindle+ebooks when I realized there was an opportunity here. I wonder how long [...]
in Defense of Libraries
July 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · humor
If you’ve been living under a rock then you might have missed the series of commercials that Old Spice have been making. They’re not commercials so much as witty responses to questions from Twitter and Facebook. Trust me, you have to watch this one about libraries and books.
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