No Shelf Required

Charleston Conference - eBooks, Not just another binding preconference
Session 3  - eBook Readers in Libraries
A plethora of ebook readers are coming to the market along with a wide variety of solutions for libraries to serve them. Marcus Woodburn will give an overview of the digital solutions currently available (and rumored) and a sense of how […]

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Interesting article in USA today about the Cushing Academy, a New England Boarding School, that has bypassed the print library for a digital one, using the Kindle.  Here’s a couple of quotes from the Headmaster, Jim Tracy.
“It was really to save libraries five, 10, 15 years down the road,” he says. “What the students are […]

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November 30th.  Barnes & Noble nook - $259.00.  It looks pretty cool, check out the nook video on the B&N site.  Here are some cool features:

runs on 3G network
wireless download of over 1 million titles
$9.99 titles
daily updates of news sources
full color navigation of titles
lending titles to friends!!!

In fact, here is the small print about lending […]

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Lots of great press releases this week from the Frankfurt Book Fair.  Here’s one from B&T.
Baker & Taylor and K-NFB Reading Technology Partnership to Deliver an Immersive, Next Generation Reading Experience, Baker & Taylor, Inc( 10/14/2009 )
World’s Premier Distributor of Physical and Digital Media Content Joins Forces with Pioneer in Reading Technologies
FRANKFURT, Germany - October […]

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Rumor has it the B & N eBook reader will launch on October 20th and come with wi-fi access and the ability to lend books.  See the NYT article from Oct. 9th.

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As was reported earlier, Sony and Overdrive have partnered to promote library e-book collections.  Sony seems to be embracing the library world as its competitive edge.  Why would one want to buy a Kindle and then have to buy content when you can buy a Sony and borrow much content for free?
It’s unlikely that Amazon […]

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I sat in on the EDUCAUSE webinar today on the eTextbook pilot project at NW Missouri State University.  Some background:
NWMS University has been purchasing textbooks for their students for the last 100 years!  They also provide notebook PC’s to students for a rather small fee.  Testing the eTextbook plan with the SONY Reader was the […]

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From an Overdrive press release:
(Cleveland, OH) - August 12, 2009 - OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), the leading global digital distributor of eBooks and audiobooks to libraries, announced today a joint marketing agreement with Sony Electronics, Inc., developer of the Sony Reader Digital Book (www.sony.com/reader).  OverDrive and Sony will cross-market OverDrive’s library network and the Reader, the leading […]

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Have you tried out DailyLit?  It’s a great ebook site that sends daily installments of books via email or RSS feed.  Here are some tips and tricks they suggest.  TIPS AND TRICKS ON DAILYLIT
Here are some useful tips you may not know that can help make DailyLit even easier to use:
—Customize: You can completely customize the delivery date, […]

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NYTimes article on Sony cutting eBook prices from 11.99 to 9.99.This is my favorite section:  “Regarding the price cut for digital books, Mr. Haber said: “We have to offer value. It’s clear e-books should be less expensive than regular books, with the savings on printing and logistics getting passed on to the consumer.”and this is the […]

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