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Legimi Wants To Be The 'Spotify For Ebooks' - TechCrunch

Legimi Wants To Be The 'Spotify For Ebooks' - TechCrunch | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
Legimi Wants To Be The 'Spotify For Ebooks' With A Business Model That Relies ...
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Legimi is definitely a startup I'll be watching closely in 2013.
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Smashwords: How Libraries Can Launch Community Publishing Initiatives with Self-Published Ebooks

Smashwords: How Libraries Can Launch Community Publishing Initiatives with Self-Published Ebooks | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
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A novel (sorry for the pun) idea.

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Children’s Librarians in the Digital Age – Part I: A Call to Action | The Digital Media Diet

Children’s Librarians in the Digital Age – Part I: A Call to Action | The Digital Media Diet | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
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Reviews advantages and disadvantages of e-books etc for children and learning

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Douglas County ebook price comparison for May 2013

Douglas County ebook price comparison for May 2013 | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
Douglas County library service (Colorado) have issued their latest price comparison, showing what ebooks are available for them to "buy", and at what price. Their bone of contention is the higher p...
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E-Books, Libraries and Democracy

E-Books, Libraries and Democracy | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
All of the Big Six publishers have, for the first time, agreed to make e-books available to public library users.
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Libraries, patrons, and e-books

Libraries, patrons, and e-books | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
12% of e-book readers have borrowed an e-book from a library. Those who use libraries are pretty heavy readers, but most are not aware they can borrow e-books.
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Pew Internet research study findings

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Libraries and e-lending- it feels like we’re making progress | FutureBook

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Simon & Schuster to offer e-books to libraries - Foster's Daily Democrat

Simon & Schuster to offer e-books to libraries - Foster's Daily Democrat | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
Simon & Schuster to offer e-books to libraries
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NEW YORK — The publisher of Stephen King, Bob Woodward and other top-selling authors has changed its policy of withholding e-books from libraries.
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Accessibility Upgrade: EPUB, Libraries, and Ebook Accessibility

Accessibility Upgrade: EPUB, Libraries, and Ebook Accessibility | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
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Why Do We Keep Making Ebooks Like Paper Books? - Gizmodo

Why Do We Keep Making Ebooks Like Paper Books? - Gizmodo | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
Why Do We Keep Making Ebooks Like Paper Books?
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The problem with ebooks as they exist now is the lack of user experience innovation.
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Radical suggestions!

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Are the French Preparing an E-Book Revolution? Mais Oui!

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Independent Sieghart review of e-lending in public libraries published

Last autumn the DCMS commissioned an independent review of e-lending in public libraries in England. The panel took evidence from selected individuals and organisations representing a range of view...
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My initial response!

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Why ebooks are a different genre from print

Why ebooks are a different genre from print | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
Stuart Kelly: The differences in format are beginning to change the nature of what we're reading, and how we do it
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Folding shelves - ebooks and libraries / Economist

Folding shelves - ebooks and libraries / Economist | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
PLASTERED on the wall of San Francisco’s main public library are 50,000 index cards, formerly entries in the library’s catalogue. The tomes they refer to may be...
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Ebooks made up 20% of the US consumer book industry in 2012, up from 15 ... - paidContent.org

Ebooks made up 20% of the US consumer book industry in 2012, up from 15 ... - paidContent.org | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
Ebooks made up 20% of the US consumer book industry in 2012, up from 15 ...
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Ebooks are now a relatively stable force in the U.S. trade book publishing industry, making up 20 percent of the trade (consumer) book industry in 2012.
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What value and values do Public Libraries bring to the E-Books Market?

Arguably, part of the problem that public libraries have faced in getting their e-lending role recognised is down to two key things. Firstly, although there are many glorious exceptions to this, ma...
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E-book Subscription Model: Is the Time Right?

E-book Subscription Model: Is the Time Right? | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
As part of an O'Reilly webcast last week, Andrew Savikas, CEO of Safari Books Online, described the benefits of running a subscription-based e-book service, which range from timing to royalty benefits.
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Hachette to Sell Frontlist Ebook Titles to Libraries

Hachette to Sell Frontlist Ebook Titles to Libraries | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
Hachette Book Group has announced that it will once again sell its frontlist ebook titles to libraries, beginning on May 8, 2013.
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Librarians fight to keep publishers from taking over e-book revolution | Fort Worth | Ne...

Librarians fight to keep publishers from taking over e-book revolution | Fort Worth | Ne... | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
Thousands of librarians are in town for the 100th annual meeting of the Texas Library Association at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
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Libraries in America are signing up to work with small publishers and independent authors to offer e-books via the library

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Penguin Offers To Break Up With Apple To End European E-Book ...

Penguin Offers To Break Up With Apple To End European E-Book ... | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
After more than a year of squabbling with the European Commission in an anti-trust case involving Apple's deals with five publishers that regulators called a conspiracy to fix the price of e-books, the last holdout might be close ...
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eBooks for blind and partially sighted people

How do blind and partially sighted people read eBooks and what difference have they made to people's lives? Find out why eBooks have had a big impact, and wh...
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Video from RNIB

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Prepare your Eyeballs, E-Book Subscriptions Are Coming | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Prepare your Eyeballs, E-Book Subscriptions Are Coming | Gadget Lab | Wired.com | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
E-books are getting the Spotify subscription model.
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New service to be launched by Waterstones in autumn 2013 will be short fiction streaming e-book subscriptions

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Where To Get Free E-Books - Business Insider

Where To Get Free E-Books - Business Insider | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
So you just dropped some cash on a new e-reader. Now you're expected to pay more money to fill it up with content? Not necessarily – there are loads of places around the internet where you can score good books for the ...
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I wasn't aware of some of these sites.

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Australian Government Mandates New eBook Initiative - Good E-Reader

Australian Government Mandates New eBook Initiative - Good E-Reader | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
Breaking: Australian Government Mandates New eBook Initiative
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The New South Wales Government in Australia is gearing up to push eBooks into schools and libraries.
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Review of E-Lending Published - GOV.UK

Review of E-Lending Published - GOV.UK | E-books and libraries | Scoop.it
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Initial link is to the press release with summary recommendations. This other link goes to the actual report and the government response https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-independent-review-of-e-lending-in-public-libraries-in-england

 

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The Bestselling US E-books of 2012 - Booktrade.info

The Bestselling US E-books of 2012 Booktrade.info It would be safe to say that the lackluster performance in mass market has a lot to do with the fact that readers are enjoying the convenience of the electronic devices instead of the more...