“Libraries will never die out. You know why? If they didn’t exist, people would be inventing them.” 
Do different devices work together, can content move from one type of device to another... 
I've been wondering about ebooks and libraries for a while, in particular about where things are going in terms of library use of ebooks. What caught my eye this week was a blog post on the Pub... 
Here are a few tips and ideas about making eBooks a part of your students’ everyday life: 
Not quite, not yet — but that’s the direction things are heading. Video explains the use of eBooks for distance education and the benefits viewed by busy students. (by CoFAOnline NSW) 
The idea of using e-readers in my classroom came to me several years ago. 
A plethora of e-readers and numerous applications to explore electronic reading content may revolutionize the way in which we think about that oldest source of knowledge - the book. But then again - it might not. Hi Everyone, I was wondering if any one else has started to purchase any ebooks and ereaders and what formats you are using. 
Rise of e-books will benefit one group: readersEagle TribuneEnter the e-reader The little device at the bottom of all these changes is an 8-by-5-inch digital gadget on which you can read — and, more importantly, buy — books. 'My reading habits are changing and some of it is due to the devices I have been using. The popularity of these devices is unquestionable, but they have the long history of paper to compete against. They are interesting, useful and easy to use. But can they change what and how we read? Do they make being literate different?' 
I’m currently reading as I drive – by using an audio book version of ‘Inheritance of Loss’ by Kira Desai. 
Modern textbooks fail to performThe Bona VentureOther negatives attached to eReaders are software bugs, limited battery life and formatting wars, according to a hubpages.com article.
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K-12 publishers all offer digital products now, but school districts have to decide how to buy them. The digital products are often bundled with print, but “a lot depends on the digital infrastructure in the school district and whether it can support digital learning,” says Diskey. “Not too many states have one-to-one student-to-hardware ratios. In order to have full-blown digital learning, students should have access to their own devices in the same way you had access to your own textbooks when you were in school.” 
I’ve noticed that not all e-book formats are compatible... The Obama administration is asking every U.S. school to accelerate the transition to digital textbooks. 
TED Talks Software developer Mike Matas demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad -- with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. Back in the 19th, and early 20th century, there was a type of cheap sensationalist fiction called the 'Penny Dreadful'. Serialised fiction which is echoed in the less literary 'Graphic Novels' of ... 
The book publisher Penguin announced yesterday it will stop supplying e-books to British libraries. 
Much of the doomsayers' evidence is anecdotal, and it's possible to read a much happier story, says novelist Lloyd Shepherd... 
Observer editorial: The Kindle is lifting the spirits of a trade whose mood, traditionally, runs the gamut from the apocalyptic to the merely suicidal... 
There's some indication already that kids are more interested in reading on e-readers and iPads than reading print copies (57% of kids age nine to 17 say they're interested in reading via e-books, and a third say they'd read more for fun if they...
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