The past few weeks there have been several interesting articles and interviews related to libraries and digital lending, the pros/cons of lending eBooks readers, and publisher/library relationships. A few are listed below:
Threats to Digital Lending – American Libraries Magazine
Interview with Michael Porter of Library Renewal – via Teleread
Interview with Paul Biba from Teleread about Amazon, epublishing, and why publishers hate libraries – via Dquarium
Libraries – Arguments for the check-out of eReaders – PCSweeney’s blog
An eBook is not a Book (arguments against the check-out of eReaders)- PLA blog
So you want to start a Kindle lending program? – via code4lib
If Libraries Didn’t Exist, Would Publishers be Trying to Kill Book Lending – via TechDirt
