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From Publishers Weekly:
Sony Adopts EPUB Standard for Reader
By Jim Milliot — Publishers Weekly, 7/24/2008 7:16:00 AM
The International Digital Publishing Forum’s epub e-book standard received a big vote of support this morning when Sony announced that effective immediately its Sony Reader will now support the standard. Beginning in August, all new devices shipped will use epub, […]

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Listen to the latest audio interview with Kevin Sayar, President of ebrary.  Kevin discusses the results of the student ebook survey conducted by ebrary earlier this year.
Interviews with executives from Gale, Sage, and Credo are also available on the Interviews page.

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  John Barnes, Rolf Janke, Sue Polanka, Michael Ross, Casper Grothwohl
For those of you unable to attend the ALA Panel - The Future of Reference Publishing:  A View from the Top, there is a summary of the program available on Booklist Online.Â
We encourage comments, questions, and discussion on the blog.Â

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OverDrive, provider of digital audiobooks, eBooks, music, and videos to libraries and retailers around the world will take it’s Digital Bookmobile  on the road.  The tour will help libraries and OverDrive promote their download collections.  Pretty cool idea.Â

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Download free eBooks during the World eBook Fair, now through August 4th.Â
The 2008 theme “Own Your Own Library”  is possible with over 1 million titles available for download.
For more information, visit:  World eBook Fair

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At ALA Annual in Anaheim ABC-CLIO hosted focus groups for academic reference librarians to discuss the changing face of electronic reference books and hear what they had to say about what they hoped to see for the future of these products.
Here are the items we discussed and the general feedback we received. We encourage all […]

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The last question asked during the ALA panel was asked by panelist, Michael Ross from Encyclopaedia Britannica.  He wanted to know from the librarians in the audience, “what do you want from us?”
Librarians were not shy in extending several responses:
§  I need to make my purchasing decision based on reviews. So, I need to find […]

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Here’s a snapshot from the ALA Presentation - A View from the Top.
Left to right:
John Barnes, Gale/Cengage, Rolf Janke, Sage, Sue Polanka, WSU, Michael Ross, Britannica, Casper Grathwohl, Oxford
To start the session, each of the panelists was asked:
Will we have reference in 10-15 years?  If so, what will it look like?
Their responses were:
John Barnes – […]

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From the Internet Archive site:  The Internet Archive is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. Text Archives are:  Free to read, download, print, and enjoy. Some have restrictions on bulk re-use and […]

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