I’ve been thinking about the Overdrive/Amazon announcement that will bring the Kindle into the device fold for library eBook lending and I have to say it raises concerns for me. In addition to the questions raised by Bobbi Newman, Jason Griffey, and Sarah Houghton-Jan (all very sharp queries), I think libraries are poorly positioned for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'problem'
My Book Problem
April 12th, 2011 · 2 Comments · opinion
by Warren Adler In another few weeks, I will be moving to another apartment in the same building in Manhattan where I have spent the past few years. While moving in itself is a traumatic event as everyone knows, my principal problem is books. I have a huge collection of books. In the three or [...]
The Internet and Free: A Problem That Will Grow
November 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
Cook’s Source magazine has been the topic of conversation in recent days for grabbing a copyrighted article written by Monica Gaudio off the Internet and publishing it without permission or compensation. When Ms. Gaudio complained, she was told that she should be thankful Cook’s Source “improved” the article by editing it and then publishing it with attribution. Cook’s Source‘s editor wrote:
The Problem Is: Publishers Don’t Read eBooks!
September 15th, 2010 · 7 Comments · opinion
Okay, I admit I don’t know that 100% of publishers don’t read their own ebooks – heck, I can’t even swear with certainty that publishers even know how to read — but I am certain Tom Doherty Associates/TOR/Macmillan’s publisher didn’t read the ebook version of Brandon Sanderson’s new release The Way of Kings before releasing it [...]
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Aquiring Books for the TBR Pile: The Special Problem of eBooks
July 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · opinion
Avid readers are easily identified by the size of their TBR – to-be-read — pile: The bigger the list, the more likely the avid reader has crossed that fine line from avid read to avid hoarder. And ebooks are a special problem in this mix. But let’s begin at the beginning.
Valuing eBooks: Is it a Sensory Problem?
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion
This topic has been broached before (see, e.g., Valuing a Book: How Do Publishers Decide on Value?, On Books: Deciding to Buy or Not Buy (III), and The eBook Wars: The Price Battle (IV) — Value) and is likely to be broached many times in the future. It is a worthy topic that just won’t (can’t?) go away. [...]
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