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An exploration of how eBooks and eBook technology can be used in libraries.
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Bowker Market Research is reporting today that self-published eBooks now account for 12% of the entire digital publishing market. In some cases, t Via Susan M. Toy Delete the scoop?
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Free is not the magic number: New trends in ebook pricing Via Susan M. Toy Delete the scoop?
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Overdrive is running a new contest for libraries participating in their digital eBook lending service. They are looking for innovative ways librar Via Susan M. Toy Delete the scoop?
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There is resistance to digital books for kids from many teachers and parents … and in many ways, librarians are no different than others who work closely with children. But there is a growing understanding in the library community that digital content is arriving in a big way, like it or not. And libraries, of all the traditional curators in print, are truly the ideal gatekeepers of quality kids digital content. Librarians are trusted, objective, skilled in evaluating content and part of a large network of potential curators. They are also very concerned about the impact of the digital shift on readers of all ages. Via Carisa Kluver Delete the scoop?
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Amazon's bid for rights to sell secondhand ebooks adds another layer of complexity to a world where the certainties of print culture are dissolving Delete the scoop?
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The long-awaited Digital Public Library of America launched this week — but its collection is only drawn from six states. Meanwhile, a much bigger library collection scanned by Google is tied up in court. Delete the scoop?
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American Libraries Magazine, the magazine of the American Library Association, delivers news and information about the library community. Delete the scoop?
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A snapshot of the e-book industry today shows more than 1,000 e-books with sales of 25,000+. And while our survey of publishers is by no means complete, it's more than enough to prove that the book business is quickly moving to digital. Delete the scoop?
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Among other questions raised by proposals from Apple and Amazon for e-book resales is this one: When a resold digital book is just as good as a new one, what happens to prices? Delete the scoop?
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It’s a question that librarians, booksellers, and others have heard often, perhaps even more so at a time when the output and availability of the written word has never been higher. Delete the scoop?
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HarperCollins Launches eInsider Program for Free eBooks Via Susan M. Toy Delete the scoop?
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It’s been some nine months since Kobo and the American Bookseller Association launched a new affiliate partnership, and the ABA is more than pleased with its success. According to the ABA spokesman Neil Strandberg, the indie bookstores participating in the program are now doing twice as much business as they did back when Google was partnered with the ABA IndieCommerce program. Via booqlab Delete the scoop?
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E-Books: Changing the Ways of Reading AOL She is not alone in holding such views; her penchant for e-books is demonstrative of a paradigm shift from print culture to a large community of readers who finds digital books more desirable owing to their... Via Susan M. Toy Delete the scoop?
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Months in the making, ALA' Library Technology Report (Volume 49, Issue 3) on ebook platforms for libraries is finally out. Note from author Mirela Roncevic: "Librarians, I hope you find the compara... Delete the scoop?
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WIth more self-published books on best-seller lists, they now make up a portion of the legitimate, culturally significant intellectual content of our society. Delete the scoop?
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Schools are realizing that ebooks are not books at all—they are software and they should be sold the way software is sold. Delete the scoop?
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